@Matt Laird ,If you're preference is for the most passive/easiest route w/ higher yields you can try prosper.com or lendingclub.com (peer to peer lending sites.)They are unsecured "consumer" loans yielding about 6-12 or 15%, depending on credit quality, for 3-5yr options I believe..

I should be hiring out the hard and/or time-consuming stuff, and keep doing what I do best: real estate!

To time consuming and complicated

A few thoughts: 1.) before investing, consume a TON of info.

How it works with us is a mobile home would be a consumer secured loan, the same as an auto loan.

Targeted is like sniper rifle with a scope- more responses from qualified sellers.EDDM is great for consumer products marketing but not for motivated R.E. sellers- a highly specialized niche or target group.

We all know that overhead gets passed down to the end consumer, and the big problem I face J., is that I'm competing with Craigslist Hacks that have no continuing education, that have no licenses, that have no insurance, that don't have a trailer full of tools, and are working for $15 per hour.

This will make the list you pull more qualified... fewer records but better records.

i was the last person i know to get a cell phone, the last to get a smart phone, the last to sign up for facebook, twitter, linkedin...fortunately, i never did set up a myspace page.not that those aren't great inventions, but i don't like to have my life consumed by gadgets, gizmos, and social websites.with that said, i see the value of maximizing social media in the real estate investing business.

Here is what we did but you may find it tough to find a GC who will work within these parameters & its time consuming but being retired it was just another experience for us.We also went with 2x6 because of the weather up here & it certainly paid off over the last winter.