Facebook, Craigslist, door knocking, direct mail, cold calling, are a few ways to market.Also, to answer your question "Generally how many times do you market postcards to the same list?"

An option might be if your stuck on the idea of not lining up the cash first is, call some agents, find one you like.

I became interested in real estate after reading a book I now know to be extremely well-known called Rich Dad Poor Dad which was recommended to me by a friend.

Call this list:https://www.google.com/search?

If the loan gets called you have a mess.You may want to do a lease option assignment

AJ,   There are a handful of areas as a whole to stay away from. 38127 is called Frayser and this is one of the worst areas in general. 38106 south Memphis is bad also.

There are some real advantages w/scale and a concept called forced appreciation (value add approaches) that make large apartment investing attractive.  

@Brent Kiger, give Shelter Insurance a call.  

If you don't have a RE agent, I would either google for the top realtors in your realtors and start calling them.And/or search for realtors on BP to help you.When I need a quick search online, i use findcompsnow and realquest express 

So go network.There are a bunch of other scenarios where someone might walk through without the charge (call 20 guys and someone may bite for a free walk through and cost estimate), but it's up to you to develop that scenario and it's unlikely to be the random contractor called off of the internet.