One of the most effective ways to get deals is by following up with a seller two or three months down the road.

@Vladimir K. flipping inside or outside of an LLC will have no effect on the tax liability unless that LLC is being taxed as an S-Corp.

I would screen myself however the selected choice.   

*****Infinite Banking/Circle of Wealth/Bank On Yourself/etc.Some people want to know about the effect of taking loans against whole life insurance and repaying them with interest, thus creating your own personal financing system, which goes by a variety of different marketing names. 

Also, would anyone have input on effective ways to find properties without direct mail?

Some people are effective hunters using sicial media but the best hunters find their targets using shoe leather.

In time, I will share more details and perhaps with a select few of you that I get to know and get to know me, we will work together in some respect on those goals & plans.Those are the broad strokes of what I have done since that first deal - I keep learning, keep trying to help people, keep sharing what I know and keep doing deals.

Mailing is the least personable, and the least effective.  

By selecting great properties to begin with, why sell? 

They are very selective in what properties they are interested in and are looking for places that are already in turn key condition.