Having said that, if you want to get into real estate suggest that you do part time by helping local wholesellers and do the following:1) make a list of wholesellers in your area 2) call them up and see if they will let you pick up anything on their marketing side and once you in you can gradually know more. 

appreciate your replies, i understand i need to know the market better, but following on to my question, how do i zero down on a market?

The one percent rule is a good rule of thumb to follow .

Right now I can’t even show the property because there is clothes that were left and trash everywhere. 4) Do you have a time line you follow for tenants...like rent due the 1st, and what do you do if they don’t pay, and worst case scenario?

Mark Ferguson - Invest Four MoreThese are the Gurus that I started following.  

After about two weeks of not hearing back, I left a voicemail to follow up and mentioned I’d be re-sending my email if it was easier to respond that way.

My first thoughts/priorities would of course be to treat the investor as they should be and make the deal just as right for them as they make it for me, resulting in the likelihood of getting them in on the following deal. 

I never heard back, and I forgot to follow up with them.

Then follow-up with each every couple weeks on a rotation.

Do you essentially just throw out those leads, or do you try to follow through with them despite being in areas with lower cash-buyer activity?