I had a horrible experience with Postcard Mania check out the image attached...this is the "professionally made and written" proof I got from them.

Anchor Loans has great marketingMaterials and presents a professional image. https://app.anchorloans.com/ Do Not Be Fooled.

I say it depends on what kind of image you want to project.

a random property thousands of miles away from you that has a bunch of expensive capex that is going to hit 6 months after you buy.

Once we start talking about bigger pieces of land that that woulud appear to developers (i.e. homebuilders or developers who do self storage, medical office, industrial, retail/commercial) then I usually can market to them without necessarily having to put on the market, because I know who the players are in SoCal, and that helps especially when seller doesn't want to do an exclusive listing, but will let you bring offers off market.But in general, for random pieces of land that aren't necessarily for the big developers/builders, you certainly need to put it on the market. 

I'd find a local title company that can support such a transaction, and/or an attorney, and talk to themI would strongly recommend not downloading random documents off the InternetAlso you should be in a place financially where you are able to do this and not put the property at riskGood luck

I'm guessing this is related to your integration somehow, I've had a couple of random issues.

I wouldn't trust a random person with blank cashier checks.3.

@Nora Lugounfortunately it's difficult to just "get a mentor" - I'd go to some local REIA meetings and network.here's some good reading before you buy a random property in Memphis because it looks good on paper. 

Seems to me like the worst of all possible worlds - you get a high risk investment (a random SFH) and zero control.