20 minutes around where you live is always best, if you have to go outside, look for am area where you have some sort of an edge, like family or frequent travel etc.Exactly.. when it comes to low appreciation markets  the things to look for are cold weather hassles   TAX's which never go away and cannot be mitigated.. 

While cold calling absentee owners yesterday, there were two people that told me to send them my offer.

Then you can mail or cold call or both.Other cheap or free methods are driving for dollars, craigslist, Realtors, FSBO sites, expired listings, foreclosure sites and bandit signs if allowed.If you have the funds you can use billboards, newspaper ads, other offline publications., TV commercials, radio ads, motivated seller website, SEO, pay per click/adwords, facebook, Linkedin, Youtube, and other forms of online advertising and boosted/promoted social media postings.Bottom line is consistency.

@Colleen Cupp instead of mailers, try cold calling.

It is cold and snowy but you can watch the ice floe move back and forth between the 2 feed rivers we are between.

Friends, I've been wanting to buy a rental investment in any of the following states: IL, IN, GA, MI but im getting cold feet.

So far I’ve sent our mail, I’ve been connecting with people, I’ve done cold calls, and driving for dollars.

I literally receive 2-3 mailers every week, and I get at least one cold call per week asking me if I want to sell. 

Cold call, send letters, RVMs whatever takes to get your foot through the door to where you don't have to deal with the middle man.

 I think I would be angry if I want to set the AC to make the rental unit super cold and a landlord is overriding the thermostat, remotely, like a watchdog.