The book I am reading says I need 2500 people in my "haven't met" list to market to 12 times a year in order to achieve 50+ listings.My idea is to get a list from Alesco Data and have it filtered for the surrounding cities where I live.

I will look in the surrounding areas as well, but not too far away.Tyler- Thanks, I have spent all day today learning this site and the content.

My suspicion surrounds his avoidance in providing a lease agreement, justification for any/all expenses, and excessive expenses.My logic that these expenses are excessive is because the "property condition report" suggested $5,575 in repairs/upgrades to restore the property to rentable condition.

It's my understanding that under those circumstances that a potential investor who intends to keep the renter in place would want to know the Cap Rate %, and I'm trying to find out what Cap Rate would be the standard in Tampa and its surrounding areas.Is my understanding incorrect about Cap Rates regarding cashflowing properties for sale?

Spend some time downtown and check out Kendall Yards, but also explore the surrounding area to see just how quickly the revitalization drops off.

I was going to hire a engineering firm to do all study and paper work for subdividing the parcel, and hire a site work company for all infrastructure.

William Parks (1800 - 1870) was a local merchant, ship owner, co-owner of the local gas-light utility, and founder of two textile mills which operated from the the 1860s through to ~1974 (though the family lost control of the mills in the early 1900s).The house - exteriorThe 1/2 - 3/4 acre garden surrounding the house is overgrown, but there are some amazing old plants hidden amongst the chaos - I found a rhododendron with a 30' spread, whose trunk was 8" in diameter - quite a specimen this far north.  

I've lived in Northern Virginia my whole adult life, so I'm used to a local economy that's heavily propped up by government jobs and infrastructure...

Jersey City is very hot these days, as is Newark and pretty much all of those surrounding areas.

I am also opened to investing in other areas such as plainfield, elizabeth, belleville, and other surrounding areas.