If you're looking for a smoking deal, they are not your solution. 

In the first deal, is it recommended to take a route through a realtor, or a wholesaler, or personal direct marketing?

You can send me a direct message with questions as I have years of experience in Sacramento county. 

Hello BP familyNeed your advice...So 2 weeks ago I took the plunge and started my first direct mail campaign in Phoenix.

.- Buy a direct marketing mailing list from kent Clothiers find motivated sellers list and mail to owners who don't yet realize they are sellers.- Call all the craigslist.org for sale by owners.  

While rent roll is important, do not expect to make it rich quickly- you must be caught in the direct path of rent increases (such as williamsburg, carrol gardens, park slope) and you had to have purchased in that area YEARS before there was ever a hint of an increase.  

If your strategy is to buy deferred maintenance properties and rehab and hold for retirement, then you might want to hold title in an LLC, and sell a certain percentage of your LLC to a self-directed IRA.  

I have only done bandit signs for marketing and got those 5 deals from bandits , would like to jump into direct mail marketing  since i hear/read that it is effective.... have a wonderful day. 

Hey Jeremy, Thanks I have been looking to find people wanting to use SDIRAs, but its tricky finding people who have it set up to actually direct the IRA.

I am looking forward to joining discussions and exploring the great resources this site has to offer in order to find some solutions!