There are lots of very simple and effective way to market that you buy houses without spending a lot of money from signs in the yard, bandit signs around the neighborhood, negotiating with a local business that has a blank wall facing a major street (think gas station on a corner) to hang a banner on the side.

One issue discovered that leads to a special effects your entire portfolio.

It would be my guess that on average most people dealing in RE, I know it is for sure with agents, do very poorly.The answer is something you will have to learn on your own and it will depend entirely on your effectiveness, which is a result of your efforts, time spent, and abilities, combined with your resources.This is area specific so your best bet would be to find people in your area and figure out what is going on with them.

That will make it even harder to clean the place up and evict the non-payers.Lower C and D class properties will cash flow hand over fist... but you'll need to fight with both hands to manage the properties.IMO, sounds like you're buying yourself a job, at least in the interim.

I read again and again that a person needs a mentor to move ahead and that the opportunity cost of taking the wrong actions, wheel reinvention, or not taking action usually far outweighs the cost of an effective program.

Are reno's more cost effective or cheaper without a contractor?

If in combination you only have $10k, this will mitigate the property purchases you can make which will indirectly effect your potential gross income in fix and flip situations.Once you sit down with the attorney, go sit with an accountant so you all get educated on how it all works.

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Direct advertising via the internet, forums like this etc. is not likely to be effective.

If so, what marketing method and targeted group (porbate, absentee owners or pre foreclosures)do you feel has been the most effective for finding motivated sellers?