I do have the owners name and pay for a skiptracer to make it possible to find their contact info and have enough confidence in myself that I can cold call them weekly or monthly as my main means of marketing.

It's a combination of foreign money, mainly from Asia, where buyers pay cash in a hot area.

@Andrew ReidOne of the main filter systems I used when starting out is to go to a landlord friendly state.  

Around here, the classic 2 or 3 bed apartment will be built in the 20's to the 50's, it has a living room in the front, dining room in center, kitchen in rear, and bedrooms to the side, all with closets, and hardwoods. 

My main source of income is representing clients then my 2nd source is spawning off from that through RE investments.  

Hello everybody!      I am Alex Cole, I stumbled across the bigger pockets podcast in search for some financial education in my life, and have been hooked since. I have been a member, but not much of a contributer to ...

You can surely go through the "Education" tab under your account's main page that has some valuable links.

My question is mainly because I want to do an owner occupied investment property to start, and I want to find ways to make money on the first deal.

My main interest is finding something on my lower budget (250k) that would be easy to rent when I move. 

Thanks for the responses,@Valerie Hiscoe each unit has a kitchen and bathroom on the main floor.