We use servicers mostly for the compliance piece but started to do more loss mit on our own.We started calling some of our borrowers directly because we were frustrated when reading the constant, miscommunication in the servicing comments on some of our loans.

It was a piece of work. 

The one major disadvantage of using a TIC, is it may be harder to finance, because banks would rather lend on a whole property, and not just pieces.

Your list is the foundation of your direct mail so be sure to compile a really niche targeted list and pair that with a great mail piece and you will set yourself up for success.

I'm new to all this and I don't know which pieces of data can help best filter my decision.P.S: If anyone knows a good sites with an API that has data to work with, I would much appreciate it.

As someone more experienced than me once said, “it’s better to have a piece of an investment than nothing at all.”

To get a BBB you are put through a background check blah blah blah, and like it or not, the general public see it as a credibility metric, just like you see that silly piece of paper as holding value, status and what not.Or better yet.

"During decision making, anchoring occurs when individuals use an initial piece of information to make subsequent judgments." 

I'm in the middle of a duplex build on a small piece of property that I've owned for a few years.

just as @Barclay Hallowell  explained far more complicated than it looks.you may want to start with a simple lot split or a minor partition.. those are less onerous. once you do 4 lots or more in most jurisdictions this is deemed a subdivision and has a much more rigorous set of hurdles to jump over.As well as this is HIGHLY regionalized.. in our market here in PDX once you go into contract on a piece of dirt you will be 2 years or so before you can break ground and go verticle.. this is resi construction.in CA. it can be that and up to decades..