I have also sent personal hand written letters to people who are listed on the tax records of properties that are vacant.

I am a broker but would prefer to pay a person rather than a corporation on my personal investing. 

No matter how great a 1-person manager is, even with staff, you’re one personal issue away from major problems.

Personal Cash from previous flips How did you add value to the deal?

I personally would spend that much to fail a couple of times to learn.

@Jennifer Burgener There’s really no reason to stay local with a 1031 company unless it’s just personal preference.

To be honest I do not send out a lot of letters and do not mass send things out so maybe I'm the wrong person to listen to.

It's harder to give you an accuracy rating of those numbers, because a lot of the numbers you call will go straight to VM, so you don't know for sure if it's the right person. 

The borrower is not personally liable for the loan, and the lender cannot seek additional repayment beyond the collateral.Since the borrower is not personally liable, they can choose to make larger or additional payments to pay down the loan faster if they wish.

Also, try to see if the lender will allow to buy under LLC for better assset protection; by doing personal gurantee.