Education is a wonderful thing - make sure your prospective tenants have some and motivation.  

When you can give the facts without have to exaggerate, and when those facts motivate everyone in the room to be more like Christ, you’re doing something right.Thanks for all you’ve done.

SEO according to data across thousands of deals we've researched with investors tends to have the highest lead to deal close ratio and highest average profit per deal, mainly because of the motivation.

Then you have to understand MOTIVATED seller leads generation.Once you do, you will soon realize that it is not possible to target motivated sellers.Anything based on a list is not even random, it is worse than random.Fact 1:I rank #1 on Google for my market and thus I get a ton of organic actually and truly motivated seller leads.I rarely get foreclosures, absentee owners, probates, tax liens, divorces etc.

In this part of the cycle, as prices are dropping and it's harder to get financing, a motivated seller is not going to get top dollar, and most want to get rid of their headache.Two years ago, it would have been easier, but not now.

You are looking for motivated sellers.

If you're looking for an accountant / book keeper reach out and I have an excellent referral for a firm that is virtual, does only real estate investing, and their accounting work is incredible. 

I’m still in the early stages, but I’ve been soaking up as much information as I can from Bigger Pockets, and it’s been incredibly helpful.

The seller was motivated to sell, allowing us to negotiate terms that fit our strategy.

Still, there has to be a shared motivation to grow financially and a shared understanding of the risks involved with the particular investments you are looking at.This should be obvious, but I know from talking to investors for over 30 years that it's not.It's very difficult to be a successful real estate investor if your spouse or partner is not on board.