Ways to find deals are numerous but the easiest and cheapest is Driving for Dollars and Door knocking.

The building owner generated great benefit, I made money for my firm, and the software company, Titan Echo, made some on their software.

As an aspring real estate investor interested in buy and hold rentals, I've spent a great deal of time thus far leveraging the numerous BP resources and am now looking to upgrade my BP membership to fully capitalize upon the great tools and utilities available.My question to the group: Would you suggest Pro or Plus?

Personally, I think our best bet is networking and finding a partner that can bring us deals with a mutual financial benefit.

Then, you must budget properly, sometimes without the benefit of having a full idea of what may be lurking behind those walls.

They pretty much buy any company that competes with them or can benefit them.

I have been advocating mixing up lists (not just absentee/investor) and going with more of a Benefits for the Seller approach. 

This does not sound like the right thing to do with your money, at least not very clear of benefit.  

Not to mention the tax benefits, potential market appreciation, and everything else that is awesome about real estate.Honestly, from an investment standpoint, it isn't great.

ACV is cheaper, but that is the absolute only benefit of it.