How much you do and products used depends on the price point of the neighborhood and the target tenants.

If you're not finding any leads in the emails, that's a product of whatever market you're in.If you're talking about leads in general and not specifically related to yoru email searches, you can drive for dollars, network, contact wholeslaers, do direct mail, pay-per-click, build your online presence, to name a few.   

At the end they pitched their product and I got discouraged at the the price of the course, and really got doubtful that I would find something that I wouldn't need to charge on a credit card or borrow the money for.

US Bank, for instance has a product with supposedly no PMI or buyout.

(market analysis to know my clientele to create products) The region is well developed with easy access to all other areas, so I just have to find the right neighborhood to ensure a vacation experience location wise.The size/scale of the experience has to be entry level considering my finance and experience.The ideal ROI I've been browsing sales vs rental sites randomly making comparison with property value vs daily rent rates.

For highly targeted consumer products, you can't beat Facebook.

Cash for keys is a tough sell, but you don't know until you try.Talk to a good loan officer and see what loan products are available out there.

We did find some good investment products that I was pleasantly surprised by, but in the end the LOC just made the most sense.

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I found it much more productive to do my own skip tracing.