Welcome to the university of real estate investing, I say.I am putting in a lot of my own sweat equity and that, alongside with business meetings with the wife, networking with other investors and all the communications with my real estate agent, insurance agent, lenders, contractor and subcontractors, are accumulating to the point where I can likely achieve the 750 hours of real estate work required to designate myself as a "real estate professional" on our next year's tax return.

Don't sweat it @Shane Willcox !

I always removed them from my existing mailing list if asked, but if I got a new list some how that they were on, I didn't sweat it.  

Most of the airheads that cause these problems have entirely too much time on their hands and they use it to inconvenience other people.Don't sweat it.

The most popular way to speed up your real estate growth is to buy fixer-uppers, rehab them with mostly sweat equity, rent them out for significantly more than 1% of your total purchase price per month, and then refinance the property to extract as much money as possible for your next down payment.It’s doable, but you need to find the worst property on the nicest block, as this will play a significant role in your refinance discussions later.Let me know if you would like to chat more and learn about the Toledo market, which is well-suited for what you are looking to do.Best regards,Phillip DakhnovetsGuardian Property Management419-740-0370

I'm not afraid of sweat equity as I've been door knocking and handing out tons of business cards and sending letters to everybody I know but I want to take it to the next level and start sending out a newsletter or something of value to my prospects.  

We’ll seeStill, excited to build some sweat equity in the place and enjoy it. 

I did however put A LOT of sweat equity into the project.

By building new, we're able to gain a heck of a lot of sweat equity which we plan to refinance (get the *tax free* $$) to put towards our next project. 

I've flipped several properties there, and it’s got great potential.Don’t Sweat the CompetitionAnd hey, don’t worry about the competition.