I know I'm looking for $100-$200 per door per month.As far as budget, regardless of what it is I am going to be doing heavy creative financing, thus why I am asking and trying to learn great creative techniques.

Yeah DTI only becomes an issue if you're on the residential loan side since portfolio lenders use mainly commercial techniques to underwrite their loans.In theory if you buy only cash flowing properties your DTI only gets lower and lower as you acquire more since each acquisition "nets," you a higher income relative to your outstanding monthly obligations.

Before deciding on a mail piece (postcard v. letter; language on mail piece), first figure out who you are mailing and tailor the message to those prospects.  

I am now committed to learning all I can about the business, specifically the buy and hold and flipping techniques and strategies.

HW are specifically tailored for owner-occupied properties and depend heavily on minimum expenditures/life extensions for failing home systems. 

If you are going to sell your property, you should consider a Tax Deferred Exchange to save on taxes.If you going to get into this investing thing, you should learn, I mean really learn the many negotiating tips and creative finance techniques out there.

What we do requires doing multiple things to make a "whole" so what you must do my man is decide what area you want to focus in and master the skills and techniques to do so.  

thanks for the advice and any techniques to get some of the money backAppreciate insight and time

Get this, my new technique is to take them into my buyer program, they put up the non refundable option consideration NROC, and I take a portion of that NROC to place them into credit repair, with the understanding that they have to rent the house for a 1-2 year period, a trial where they are responsible for all repairs and upkeep, but they are still renters, until their credit score improves to the point where I will owner finance them the house. 

In 2014 I finished my degree in finance and decided to switch my focus from real estate to finance and currently operate as a Financial Consultant with AXA Advisors.I've been in a number of more advanced techniques involving real estate investing via the family business but have not yet done any investing on my own and wanted to get started.