You can send letters and email but cold calling is by far the most effective method but you really need to know what you’re doing, how to open the conversation, what questions to ask and more importantly when to listen and not talk.

I would like to start either direct mail, cold calling, or text messages (I listen to the postcast from "Big Sip" and how they are doing that).

As an example, if you find a run down property meeting several of your buyers criteria, simply sending the address may be worth X but locating the owner, making contact with said owner, and getting a “yes I am interested in selling” is of more value to the investor and as such, you should be paid more as you did more, I.e. a hot lead instead of a cold one.

I'd be willing to make some cold calls for you to generate you strong leads so then you convert them into deals in exchange for experience & game in this industryAppreciate in advance,Francisco Jasso

After  8-10 months of reading RE books, listening to podcast and cold calling other investors I purchased my first SFR!

Of course, be ready in case things move quickly.I would also consider adding cold-calls to your marketing strategy. 

Since RVs don't like the cold, AND I've been obsessed with getting started in real estate, I was looking to house hack my way into a rental over the winter (and maybe another next winter and the winter after that)Unfortunately, with the market so high, the multi-family units listed in decent neighborhoods here have terrible numbers, so I figured I'd have to start looking off market...

The property is in Lexington, Kentucky so the climate ranges (cold winters, hot summers).  

An appraiser has to show the reasons behind their valuation based on cold hard facts and numbers.... not a gut feeling.

As for finding MFH properties, MLS, direct mail, networking, cold-calling, etc.