If your brother is going to be living in it, make sure you don't skip him signing a formal tenant lease that clearly spells out the expectations and consequences.

A good friend who is an agent and has a property mngt company back home says they haven't skipped a beat.

Else, you'll need to skip trace all the names, put them in a spreadsheet, call up a mail house and go from there. 

Now I want to skip trace to get their contact info.

One of the most significant advantages for Pittsburgh RE investors is that if you take the list of all large MSAs and filter for Population growth as your first limiting factor for investment criteria majority of investors will skip it, leaving yield & deals for us. 

Then you can figure out which marketing to first master and hone in on, before expanding into other techniques.If you have more time than you do money then I would suggest download DealMachine, driving for dollars and skip tracing the houses you find.If you have more money than time, then SEO, direct mail, or hiring someone to make your calls for you wouldn’t be a bad idea.Consistency is key.

Only for motivated seller lists, skip tracing, and text message broadcasts.

As long as 1) I can get the property at a good enough discount and 2) the ARV is high enough, I can essentially skip the rehab and rent portion of BRRRR.

We are skip tracing and cold calling and always looking to improve our business.

Skip traces do work but most people don't want to be contacted and some will take steps to avoid it.