Those give me a high volume of incoming leads however a small percentage are motivated sellers.I also do penny saver adds with we buy house, those are being evaluated as well because I get a lot of calls from rural areas with folks looking to dump junk trailors and I politely turn those down.I am in search of sub2 deals and I also use word of mouth from relationships with homeowners, if I cant get an option on the homes I pass them to my wife who takes the owner finance listing.Finally I do a craigslist campaign for owner finance buyers, this keeps the phones ringing as well but many buyers are unloyal and seem to be fishing for something for nothing however I keep a steady flow to choose from I just need to get just as many homes to sell to them owner finance.I am curious to find out a ball park figure most spend on direct mail, SEO search engine optimization and other techniques mention in this thread.I really feel that relationship building is the key ingredient and if I can hangout with bankers then I think my network will = my networth.

Instead of just having your properties for the search engines to crawl, they will have all the listings in the MLS to crawl.

Glue down engineered boards, or laminate flooring.

My day job is software/hardware engineering.

They still have to be in close proximity where the factors are going to weigh on each property equally.That said, I admit that I am from an engineering background and, call me a nerd, I do enjoy "spreadsheet exercises."

I am a civil engineer and am competent in evaluating a site as well as the structure.

That is, all the room-mates would be college students for medical, engineering or some other professional major.

This usually entails hiring an engineer/architect to do studies and reviewing/getting zoning figured out.

I'm currently working full time as a Network Engineer but would love to be in the situation you are in and interested in knowing how you got to where you are in your business.

You have to submit plans for each major trade such as the mechanical, electrical, plumbing and most importantly the engineering plans.