I agree, though, that there is something very reassuring about buying in a place you have boots-on-the-ground familiarity with (esp. when it is your first property), so these are all factors I'm currently weighing. 

FHA Loans with 3% down was commonplace and low 600 credit scores to boot.  

He's my "boots-on-the-ground".

We started the "commercial" purchase 2 years ago by going to a boot camp.  

Not here to combat users or put down others, only want to foster growth and further provide info for other users.

Realizing that I tend to ignore their weekly messages and emails about new deals, I was wondering how I might combat this with my business as it grows larger.A couple ideas I have are that they are sending out bland texts and emails with nothing other than the address, price, and their phone number.

If it is not RI then yes, he does in order to prevent there being a withholding tax which could be considered boot. 

@Warren Sawyers yes hire one... if you can’t take care of tasks, just document what you need done, then transition to bigger property where you get to be the boss with boots on the ground.Key is to graduate to major things and not get stuck with minor things.

And if I actually manage to generate so much CF early on that I can cover the pref and get paid to boot as a syndicator, that just means that I am hitting them out of the park.  

The person who was arrested was chased across the front lawn in his truck to boot.