Part 6Do you have success with classifeid newspaper advertising?

And no, a real estate broker in many states must have a written listing contract with the owner (in title) to advertise, show, etc. that property, I have never seen any state law written where an agent can list a property with any party that has an equitable interest in a property.As Adam suggested, take this strategy to a local attorney (and I will add) that is familiar with real estate laws and transactions and ask for an opinion as to the function of the transaction, not so much as to the form of the contracts.Adam, while I'm not impressed with this strategy or "progarm" I must say I'm impressed with your marketing and people skills, especially at your age and experience level.

It gives a clearer financial impact of a $500 studio going vacant over a $2,200 3bdrm in DC.But, if you're running numbers to schedule actions (advertising, cleaning) or measuring PM effectiveness (improvements in re-renting speed), then I group them by type (studio, 1bdrm, 2bdrm...) which I think just helps cluster the comparable products closer together.I don't add total rental days-- I generate an average -- mostly because I don't think the qualitative difference will offset the difference in the amount of time it'd take me to run the numbers.How's Harrisburg, by the way?

I'm advertising on craigslist, putting up flyers in supermarkets, etc.

You can set up 2 squeeze pages(sellers and buyers) and 1 to advertise your inventory of houses for a total of 3.

I'd like to rethink my advertising piece and give it another go.

That said, some other considerations to major in: - Marketing or Advertising - this major will teach you how to market yourself and your properties - two key aspects of being successful - Business - teaches you all the aspects of biz that you can then apply to real estate or other ventures - Accounting - teaches the #s side of things - Entrepreneur degree - a lot of schools are offering them now - teaches you how to start up your own company - can be directly applied to real estate  

This is a starting point, it's not a limitation.When you identify that initial target market, what advertising mediums are most effective to reach them?

We have advertised discounts at a certain sized portfolio but everything else, this is the price; take it or leave it.

As you're finding, anyone who advertise or responds to requests is probably a hard money lender.