., a "lead") so your cost for a lead out there is easily $300 (cost per conversion).  

Obviously it couldn't be easy for my first possible lead and i have a lot of questions as this is like nothing i have come across in the forums. 

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A couple questions I have now after talking to some of the leads pertain to actually making an offer on the property.First: When trying to estimate the costs is it anywhere near possible to estimate without actually going into the property?

Network, social clubs, chamber of commerce, newspaper advertising , craiglist, car signs, Youtube, investor clubs, school board meetings, church groups, Personal lawyer, mailings, foreclosure lists, neighborhood door knocking, drive bys, grocery store bulletin boards, Trulia, Zillow, realtors, expired listings, RealtorTrac, FSBO, Garage sales, Open houses, Family reunions, Fire truck chaser, Funeral chaser, Floods, Classified ads, Apartment rental listings in newspaper, Current Tenants, Hud home auctions and listings, REO's, Real Estate auctions, Auctioneers, Appraisers, Relationships with Building code inspectors and others in office, Propertry Tax sales, Sheriff auction sales, Soliciting mailings to Probate lawyers, Real Estate seller lead providers, GURUS that have lead programs, Start an RE investment club locally, Hold seminars local on how to buy a home or sell your home. and on and on and on.

Here is a site I found that sell cash buyer leads I hope it helps...

If you would like, I can pass on any leads that I don't have the resources to pursue.

I have gotton various responses, but multi family seems to be leading from what I have heard anyway.

The questions I have are....What methods of lead generation has been the most effective for you in Cleveland?

Once we started getting our first set of calls we had no software to track and follow those leads and it made it difficult.