I have read about them, and have seen their "Flip This House" series but never participated.Between some basic books that help with the "general feel" of real estate investing and this site I would be hard pressed to think that spending anywhere near that amount would be generally beneficial.

In one case, a developer created a series of comps by "selling" three houses to friendly buyers at inflated prices.

I used to do them often - just an extra Deed at closing in a 2-part series of signatures.

Every industry has wholesalers....the bananas we eat passes through series of wholesalers before it gets into the stores....It is only fraud when a bank makes a decision based on wrong information provided by agents, appraisal, buyer or sellers....However, the notion that flipping a short sale at an "artificially inflated price" is just one way their legal armies are using to frustrate the common investor.By the way, there is nothing called an artificially inflated price in a free market ....buyers and sellers are free to negotiate any price they want and as long as a buyer is willing to pay what i'm asking, because he feels i'm providing him value for the service of getting him a good deal, then there is nothing artificial in that....Where were all these restrictions when they were mass producing these bad mortgages and re-packaging them to be sold on wall street and exported all over the world?

Has anyone experimented with series postcards or door hangers?

Either a series postcard (basically pictorial postcards which fulfill need and create a brand awareness) and text postcards (which i like better) which tell our story.

So as you think about marketing mix it up.I personally like a series of 6 different pieces. 

Series Postcard glossy4.

We did a series of 3 videos for a client and they generated hundreds of leads and sold 130 units within 3 months in pre-construction!

After going through a series of questions, we decided to meet to discuss the property.Equipped with knowledge, I provided an analysis, evaluated her property and lastly presented her with my cash offer.