Last week, I attempted to visit 5, but 3 of the houses on my list turned out not to have open houses.

I've been getting back a few of my letters each week with the yellow label from the post office that reads "Return to Sender - Not Deliverable as Addressed" or "Return to Sender - Attempted - Not Known".For those of you who send out direct mail what are you doing to find the correct address?

I needed to raise cash.My first attempt at raising cash was definitely bump in the road.

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Clearly that statement doesn't make sense, and the answer is going to depend on whether you're trying to generate a product or a sum.By the way, while you probably know this Bryan, others may not get the distinction...the reason I chose that analogy above is that arithmetic mean is an attempt to determine the answer to the question: "If all quantities had equal value, what would that specific value have to be in order to achieve the same sum?"

That being said I am not overly attached to the house but I fear if I attempted to sell I would lose quite a bit.

The mortgage is with PHH Mortgage and they didn't know where to direct me to get the process started.Does anyone know who to contact there at PHH to at least attempt this?

Because I am in the military and only expect to be in my next location 2-3yrs I will still use a property manager for all my deals.Long term I will continue to buy and hold and would like to attempt a flip on a couple properties to build up some cash.

Assuming it cashflowed well enough to do so, would there be any financial reason to attempt a faster paydown of principal?

I'm not saying I wouldn't attempt to shave off costs, etc., but seeing what the current owners/managers already do would be a good starting point.