Network, volunteer in real estate and community groups (like habitat for humanity or neighborhood redevelopment groups), always keep an eye out for opportunities.

Until then I suppose I have to network as much as possible and keep my eyes and ears open!

One tip that I picked up here is while you are starting out and saving money for your investments, start driving / visiting areas you would like to invest in so you get a feel for prices, rents , house conditions etc, and visit and look at lots of homes and open houses so your eye get used to looking at repairs / upgrades that are normal in a particular market.

Even if they fixed the problem they intended to fix... they CATCH a buyers eye and make them think "somethings not quite right".  

“Maa” the first word spoken by us when we take birth not even before opening our eyes.

If they are looking for a place to rent they may go there, but I'd think they would have more time to actively search other leads.Advertising is a multi-media animal of sorts, anything you can do that is cost effective to put your product in the public eye is probably a good thing to do.

(it's hard to tell for sure due to sunlight) With the dirt in front, and the roof not on, your eye is picking up the peach tones, I don't think it's actually pink.The builders should have shown you a stucco chart that has actual chips of the finished stucco colors.

However, there is new home construction on what seems like every corner and undeveloped farmland as far as the eye can see.

This can be very attractive as it's so much easier.When a trusted person in the public eye takes your money and "invests" it, you are counting on their reputation and belief that, because they are an educator, your money is safe.

Being able to keep an eye on my score makes the FICO no so important because I may be wrong, but I think that if my score is good and rising the FICO must be okay :)