Since my good friend and new mentor has extensive experience with short sales I decided to look into those as a lead source. ended up finding two motivated sellers.

I see a house pop up or get a lead on a house that I think is going to be a good deal.  

@Mark Barnes this particular lead came from my mobile advertisement.

You also need a Lead Certificate before renting.

hello BP, i am doing door to door marketing to probate leads and i am interested in knowing what you guys think of my website!

I have tried direct mail to vacant properties but all of my properties have just been by picking up the phone and calling FSBOsI now have a VA do my opening calls for most of my seller leads but it is good practice to do this yourself to understand the objections and to practice communicating with sellers.

I've twice found great tenants that way and have gotten two leads in my current vacant rentals situation.I'm not going to sugarcoat it, most of the postings on that section of Craig's List are worthless. 

 Today i summoned the powers to knock on 6 doors of some leads I had. 

Im a new to real estate and have a goal to complete one self generated lead by the end of the year!

That really helps the out of pocket.If you would like help with it we also partner with clients to take down rentals.Message me and let me know how much cash you have to deploy and what returns you are wanting to get and I can really lead you down the right path from there.