I came into this being a learning experience for me and it most certainly has not disappointed in that regard.

I'm not experienced in this particular form of real estate investing / marketing, but I can share with you what I've learned through podcasts and general sales experience, as well as share my opinion on your current marketing tactics.1.

You're in the right place to learn about real estate investing.

The downsides can include high minimum investments ($50K+) and just learning how to vet syndicators, but you can knock out both by joining a real estate investment club.

*This is the new aspect for me, so if you guys have any extra tips like "try calling the utilities rather than doing a search", or "always double check with the zoning & permitting boards if you plan on doing STR for air b&b licenses", or even seeing if there are any extraneous departments that can cause headaches later like city inspector or the fire marshal, or some other thing that would be good to know about.Thanks so much in advance everyone --Side note, it is so refreshing to come to a site where people *want* to learn about title.

If you're not learning/the conversation isn't flowing move around and meet someone new.You can find REIAs here and on Facebook. 

Many companies have learned how to sell, how to market, and certainly how to answer questions like this.

I have been volunteering with local Habitat for Humanity groups to learn how to renovate houses, and currently looking for my first house hack or flip in the southeastern MA area (have been looking at areas such as Barnstable, Plymouth, and Bristol counties). 

However, after talking with the city planner, I learned this couldn't become a duplex for two reasons: 1.

Skip tracing and texting/calling a somewhat generic list with poor skip trace data is the perfect recipe for the results you've experienced so far.Since I got started as an investor I learned really fast that paying a premium for the best skip trace data available was worth it.