My wife and I were missionaries in the Philippines for three years and our motivation is to generate a residual income that will allow us to go back and start an orphanage.Here's my first question: we are analyzing every property in our area of Monroe MI, and we want to make offers that makes sense according to our numbers on the properties that fit our criteria.

Each address would generate a postcard to my mailbox.During the last year, I received four or five postcards/letters a week from wholesalers asking if I want to sell my rental properties.Over the last two months, I receive at least one phone call a week from wholesalers pestering me about if I want to sell my rental properties. 

You could also choose to use some funds to get brokers/realtors to kick you leads.. who wouldn't love some extra bucks for passing along infoIf you're looking to sell properties I'd have to say facebook works wonders for targeting people in a specific geographic area and I've had some real success with it for my business.

Generally you want higher income two years before you apply for financing, so you could change your tax strategies depending on which years you need a loan.The most interesting real estate tax tactics to me are the 1031 and cost-segregation depreciation.Also, as a retail business owner, you can qualify for some SBA financing that will allow you to owner-operate commercial real estate to where you could run your store in a building while renting out some of it at the same time to generate that income.And for commercial you can use the income from the target property to help your income.

YOU get the leads and make sure it’s a doable deal.

Certain core activities/responsibilities such as lead generation, follow-ups, tracking conversion rates, etc. are very similar for agents and investors alike.

I’ve been having some trouble acquiring leads in my journey to wholesaling.

However, there is only one means of egress from that floor, which is the stairs leading up to the unit.

They generate 2200/month.

Run some test ads on Craigslist, and if very rural, possibly even put out some "for rent" bandit signs leading up to the property.