Most people won't reply after the 1st "touch", but if you hit them a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc. time, your response rate will go up.So, to answer your question, I think your best bet is to continue to hit up those same 350 people.

I should factor that in to my calculations as a just in case.

Then I finally took the attitude that you can't get a hit if you don't swing the bat.So know I run the figures, calculate the repair costs and my desired return.

However, I bet my Droid has a BP app though, so I'll check that out.

Got 4 bids-$1.4 million$1.5 million$1.8 million$3.3 millionI shot the guy at 3.3 an email saying I think you might have a typo or calculation error, all the other bids were in the 1.4-1.8 range.

My thought is to put a clause into our partnership agreement that states we will have the property appraised in a set amount of time (3 years) and after deducting the mortgage amount owed use that total to calculate the equity value.

P&I $304.70Ins 40.00Tax 95.00MI 70.00PITI $509.70 ( principal, interest, taxes, insurance Are these calculations worth the payment?

You're best bet is to look for off market properties and flip them.

I calculated that having a management agency would cost me over $3700 a year for one house alone in management fees.

You (and I) don't have to calculate it.