In order to find the homeowners, I have mainly used the method of "direct mail"... and well, lets just say its definitely a small -to-medium success ratio.

Silver has all the qualities of gold such as a hedge against inflation and on top of that the demand is increasing and the supply is shrinking.

At the meeting I found that the majority of people were new and/or simply not the kind of quality investor I could learn something from (ask me how I knew this and I'll explain).Without specifically naming the club meeting I went to (I will if there is legitimate interest beyond gossip), can anyone here recommend a good club in the GTA, where I can find specialists in:1.

You know you're an investors when:1) you bought the cat urine house and you're trying formulas and methods of applying deck and porch enamel on the floors inside yourself to prove to the painter he CAN get that smell out.2) your broker is reassigning a HELOC to one house instead of being attached to several to give you less than 10 mortgages on a loan.3) your lawyer says the title is messed up on the house you're buying and it's going to take $2000 to straighten it out and you go out and find a title insurance company to do the job instead for $150.00.

I don't know the quality of his work yet but anyone who would join the Chamber and attend meetings is less likely to be a crook I would think.

A couple of years of the method above might get you there.

The investors for whom I negotiate build their buyers list through Craigslist, their own websites and the typical other methods: signs, referrals and MLS.I know it's tricky to list on the MLS without first having lender approval but if you list at a realistic price and disclose ahead of time, you may catch that buyer who has the time to get "mortgage ready" and doesn't mind the wait.In fact, one investor I know has a program called "Get Mortgage Ready."

Any terms that you negotiated in the PSA can be Assigned which is my preferred method.

You have access to great info, but you also need to learn a great deal about repair and improvement costs, methods, and materials, and the vendors that provide them.

Often, the next tenant was already signed up before the old tenant was out.The past couple of years the quality of applicants has been frightening.