Next steps: 1) Create a flyer or Postcard that we can hand out 2) Create a more professional business card (currently have my ASU email)3) Knock on moor doors4) We are going to pick two neighborhoods and test a different marketing plan in each and whichever wins we take the winner and then a new idea and repeat.

Not because the tenants you have currently are a problem but because you can purchase more home, increase rents and then have a more savvy tenant base all at once.

Regardless if you are from the USA, or International investorThis was a post about Charlotte but speaks volumes for most USA marketsThe problem with the lower end assets, they are such a more hands on investments , just more of a headache.

But I am developing a plan. one that I hope will reduce my more formal entrance into real estate from five years down to 2 or three thanks to some of the ideas that I gained from Dawn in episode 29 and Paula in episode 35 and Seth from episode 39.I'm working out the average land retail prices per acre hear in Ohio as well as the average low for retail land hear in Ohio, and hope to have a more formal business plan hear in a few weeks if the numbers look doable for me, and I get some more info on marketing.

Either look for a more profitable area or a more profitable investment.

If the problem lies with them thinking you are buying the house for yourself instead of quickly selling for a profit then its a more sticky situation.

I think the question itself emerges from a belief that one either has to be an investor (and do creative investing) OR be an agent and focus all of their time and energy on traditional agent tasks.I see the license as just one of several tools we employ to monetize leads (which in our area are extremely expensive right now).My wife and I own a brokerage, but all of our 32 agents across Texas are first and foremost creative real estate investors, marketing to distressed sellers, wholesaling, flipping, taking properties down Sub2, etc.But when you do that kind of marketing to distressed sellers, sometimes you run across situations where the best solution for the seller (and best chance to monetize that lead) is to just list it.... either a traditional listing or a short sale listing (no, you don't have to call banks either)... or even an owner-finance listing.I think there a lot of myths about being an agent... some of which are more true if you are caught up in a more traditional brokerage where they stress getting a high volume of traditional closings.Common myths are:-- I'll have to show buyers around:  Not if you don't want to!

We like dark grays and prefer a more modern look.

Oh yes I made mistakes, the same ones you might read about in other people's posts on here but hopefully I have become a more seasoned investor now and will have better luck holding onto properties , value, and money and I will be able to build lasting success this time around.

Some agents suggested that they can do a more professional job of listing my property, and they are better positioned to leverage their connections to agents who have buyers.