I wouldn't look at any of these areas for buy/hold, without looking at doing a pretty targeted direct mail campaign for things like probate, foreclosure and other deals.

So other documentation may be required.2) For the investment properties you've held for 1 or more years where they are on your schedule E they will use the the income and expenses from this schedule.

I'm curious how much did you spend total on marketing (cost of absentee list and mailing etc...)

Who do I send mail to?

Are you Direct mailing to motivated sellers, are you Door Knocking, or Driving for dollars.

For properties on your tax return they will take the net income from your schedule E and add back in depreciation and 1-time expenses (roof, kichen, frence, etc) you can count on this information to be 100% until January 10th, 2014 when qualified mortgage rules kick in.

You can find sellers while driving around, telling people you buy houses, bandit signs, Direct Mail, door knocking, radio advertising, etc.As you build your list of buyers focus on cultivating your relationship with them.

I was just excited that someone wanted to live in the house and mail me money every month on the 1st...errrr the 11th...or the 22nd.

Mail from existing cards that says "important information about your account" on the outside is almost always checks.

I was wondering about mail outs this week.