I'm worried I may buy and not be able to rent it out due to too much competition.

Do you find Robert Hall competitive in their rate? 

Then I'd see what the competition is charging and charge the same.You could be creative, I've got friends that will only buy a coin op washer and have free drying.

So, if you are mailing to absentee owners with high equity you have a lot of competition. 

Interesting there was no competition. 

Generally when people are looking for alternatives to the market norms then they are selling deal that aren't sellable.Zero Down Lenders aren't as good.If a lender is offering a Zero Down Payment option then they may be offering terms that really aren't as competitive and they may even have some other motive.

I use a company that provides lists that seem pretty good (as measured by response rates), but it gets pretty expensive.And, to Arnold's point, there is a lot of competition with these lists.

This is my competition, so I need to know everything about them.

Additionally, if you are in the right area, your competition is low due to the destroyed housing inventory.

The people behind this use the "catchy" email subject of "Learn How To Embarrass Your Competition - This Wednesday"Dear Investor, There's a dirty secret that other real estate professionals won't share with you.