I have quite a bit of experience designing housings for clients that work with the DND.

I wonder if a rental cohousing approach might work in Baltimore?  

(I'm not an attorney so I'm just raising an issue you may want to discuss with an actual attorney, but you may find this series of videos on wholesaling which was made by an attorney in Ohio to possibly be applicable to your situation.)In general I'm much more in favor of spending time to build relationships with a smaller number of buyers you've met with a few times and vetted a bit, instead of doing a mass mailing campaign - the "rifle" approach rather than the "shotgun".If you decide that's something you want to investigate, you could contact active people here on BP and/or go to your local real estate investment group such as RIREIG in RI or Black Diamond REI in Mass to start building relationships.Good luck and let us know how it turns out of course!

Our “boots on the ground” approach bring us well-researched, well-priced investment opportunities, even in sellers’ markets.An example is our latest acquisition, The Fletcher Southlands.

It would exhaust a material portion of my own liquidity for the money down and closing/inspection costs, but I'd have a much more affordable loan than HML and this 2-stage approach seems simplest to me. 

The problem there is all those sellers are being approached by a lot of buyers so the sellers are pretty savvy to the price they can get for their homes. 

@Kevin Perk I read your blog and liked your approach.

hey Ethan,Awesome point, it's not a one-size-fits-all approach!

I have not been getting any responses through Craigslist, especially because the contact phone number is "encryted" (wrriten-out) to eliminate SPAM and SCAMS.So,  my questions are:Should I be using a different rental approach?

Some investors take the approach to buy properties based on rent income in the bottom 50% of the market range.