I like to go one step further when I mail to an LLC & go to the state corporation site and look up the owner's name and address and mail directly to them so that it's more personal.my rule of thumb when mailing to anyone not titled personally is to limit the mail to those properties that I have a real interest in and not a blanket mailer.

Find some good meetups to go to.

Assuming the property does not have major issues such as deferred maintenance or lacks desirability, accepting anything less than 20% down, minimum, is asking for problems.  

I had a guy tell me the other day that Contract for Deed was the way to go with properties over renting.

You guys seem to be the place to go to ask such questions.

I decided to go pro a few days ago to help reinforce the fact that I really am going to do this!

They're both for sale individually, but seller would prefer for both properties to go to the same buyer.  

ELOC are difficult to find on investment properties and probably will not desire to go above 70% LTV so likely will not be able to help.I understand Texas to have high property taxes. 

that is a hard question .cause big and old ones have sometimes more members and small have few but controlled .you will have to try to go to both . i would . you can always find different people that you once thought you would never need .Hope this helps.

Growing up, I helped my parents with their house flipping and rentals, so I've witnessed what REI can do, I just hate that it took so long for the light bulb to go off.Current State:I am looking forward to gaining as much understanding as books can give me, but mostly eager to acquire our first property and learn while doing.