That said, as someone mentioned in the other thread, there is also a psychological component, and it's sometimes correct to go with the suboptimal financial solution in order to appease the psyche...

Generally speaking, discipline, frugality and education are the biggest components to achieving my financial goals.

By splitting these 2 components out, it allows me to make a realistic estimate of how much the job will truly cost.

It seems like becoming friends with people with whom you have a business arrangement might be extremely detrimental.

Your choice.The key component is to treat cold calling with respect and it will respect you.All this said you're crazy to want to stay an agent.

The first component of direct mail - it has to be opened.Finally in my humble opinion outside of a direct referral direct mail is the BEST lead generator.

Finding money is always a tough component in any deal.

So, I went into Listsource and pulled an absentee owner list with the following criteria:EQUITY(%): 40 to 100 %PROPERTY TYPE: Residential: SFRCORPORATE-OWNED: ExcludeOWNER-OCCUPIED: Absentee Owned Out-of-StateTRUSTEE-OWNED: ExcludeI didn't include any type of purchase date component as I'm planning on long term campaigns and a new investor owner may get very sick of owning at some point in the future.

Truth is...I wouldn't have been willing to work as hard to climb the learning curve, as I would have had to figure our every component of this business on my own.For the record, about 18 months into my franchise, my wife and I purchased a 2nd franchise in the market next to us.

He takes a blanket loan to close on them, with a purchase component and construction component.