In my opinion, you would be better off creating a unique list that is not easily available on Listsource or other sites.

You are touting a tactic and strategy not available to mom and pop investors.

Credit to debt ratio is important as well, you probably want to keep your credit card usage to around 25 or 30% or so of your available credit.

The MAREI meeting in Overland Park (Kansas City Area) is May 12th - Networking is from 6 pm to 7pm and you can connect with about 10 of our vendors who host a sponsor table, probably 20 other vendors in the room, plus 100 or wo of the areas movers and shakers.Come prepared to network and meet people.First time visitor guest pass available when you pre registerSee the BP calendar for details and links.

Social media outlets are one of the strongest currently available, also check out big internet players like google.

You just have to keep your eyes wide open and jump fast when something comes available that you want, because the market moves very fast.

Your good credit is great and will help you tremendously with all the lender programs available to real estate investors.Now with wholesaling you truly only need money for marketing and your credit does not matter. 

Your correct that there are very few duplex or triplexes here and what is available is very overpriced. 

Hi @Jason Bott - I'd actually like to know more about that insurance option as well (had the exact same question as Chris, and now that I know Homeowners and/or Landlord policies wouldn't suffice, I'd like to know more about the insurance programs which are available for flipping).

In the mostly low rental areas in NYC but are easy to get to Manhattan or good areas in Brooklyn, Landlords would rather rent short term than to rent to an unqualified tenant and potentially get into a court case, this is ASIDE from making better income on the STRs.That also reduces the supply of available apts.Other issues that has not been addressed but was touched upon when over-consumption was mentioned is that in these rent regulated buildings, there is usually a high demand for services, which will add to a landlord's expense, such as older residents demanding more heating despite conforming to heating laws (BTW, this isn't every landlord...