Had one out of 14 doors answer. 13 were not answered so I taped a piece of paper reading "I would like to buy your house.

Another good trick is to send a piece of mail to the vacant house and above the name write "Return Service Requested".

Here's a link to a piece about Assembling You Team that Josh posted:http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2006/03/15/assembling-your-real-estate-investing-team/

The pieces began to click in my mind: ,       Ourteams spirit is what binds us together to work towards a commondestinationl and deliver beyond expectations.

Do NOT treat each insurance policy different and shop online piece by piece.

If I meet a young, 22-23yr old realtor, still damp behind the ears, and s/he is driving a flashy, expensive vehicle, I would be thinking either Mom or Dad were the broker or this person has a poor grasp of fiscal prudence and is living beyond their means.  

I love hearing about the unlimited puzzle pieces of strategies, tools, and challenges that make up each individual investor's path.

There are a number of different ways to fund deals, much like there are a number of chess pieces, each have their own way of moving, pluses and minuses of use, and ways to combine them with others.  

We then moved the machinery to Kawempe, where I had acquired a 15-acre piece of land in 1997.How did you accumulate enough capital to go into manufacturing?

I would send 500 or 1000 pieces of mail on your own first.