The best part of these renovations you do for your own house is that not only will it make it nicer to live in, but it will increase the value of the house too!

I have also seen the inside of the property and confident in the repair costs.

Have you considered self storage? 

Most landlords do not want to hire a "one person show", so you have to exude confidence and competence. 

However I do keep eyeing properties across the border and this has given me a confidence booster.

Increase leverage on your Construction Financing for your new builds.

Some believe this increase home prices significantly.

I would love to hear from those out there who self filed their taxes for their new REI LLCs in the first year without any investment properties/deals yet.

We have tried various marketing methods and our focus has been on Direct Mail and SMS texting.However even though we are getting some calls, all the properties are not stressed or needing work so we can get a low enough price to be able to wholesale.So we are starting to believe the best way to increase our success in finding wholesale is "driving for $'s where you obviously find distressed properties because you are literally looking at them and then we can focus our time and effort on finding the owners. 

You could however; open a self-directed 401k and invest into a syndication without paying any penalties.