@Linda WeygantYour understanding of the process lines up with the marketing promotion of Equity Trust and many of their custodial competitors, but unfortunately not the reality.Custodians want you to think that they have your back and that they are "reviewing" your transactions. 

It should be noted immediately that I have no real desire to act as a full-time real estate agent, and instead made this decision for our own investment goals, as well as with the goal of getting my broker´s license to establish our own property management company.Today I received a phone call from Allied with some information about the course I´d purchased, and the lady went on to tell me that I could actually be qualified to take pursue the broker´s license immediately (pending the requisite education they naturally had on special promotion), because I had spent the last 3 years in property management (albeit, in Spain).

Home Depot also had a promotion 10% off granite countertop when purchased with the cabinets and it comes with a free sink.

Partner up with a good agent (shameless self-promotion here lol) and contractor that can help evaluate properties from the financial AND physical sides prior to even making offers.

The benefit of moving out first is that you're no longer considered under the "vacating a primary," definition because you're now "renting," and can use rental income offset and purchase a new property with FHA with out 100 mile restrictions.This new guideline reduces chances for borrowers to use FHA to acquire more quasi primary/investment properties since the original intent for FHA was home ownership not investment property promotion.

I would suggest that he work with an investor(s) to: coordinate open houses, put out bandit signs, promote mentor investors' properties on social media, go out and price rehab materials, help with flips, bird dog properties, just to name a few.  

There is a group out in the valley that seems to be an ok group but also brings in speakers to promote a mentor program.

Can you work a deal with the college to promote it to their students through their student advising offices? 

@Amy Ranae @Devan Mcclish...I have a few questions on direct mail, I don't do it currently, but hearing a lot of people promote the strategy, what is your typical investment in one single campaign?  

So far, I've noticed two different companies (one provider and one promoter) who have quoted (on a podcast or website) return projections that really don't consider these.