I just get an e-mail when it is complete and all the reports have been run.

@Brandon McCombs Rental activities are typically reported on Schedule E.  

I also sent out e-mail blasts to groups asking for investor friendly brokerages.

Just last week, I purchased a list of absentee owners from List Source and started mailing out yellow letters.Today, I heard back from a seller and I am scheduled to go out tomorrow to look at the house (YAY.  

I have received so much education and guidance from BiggerPockets re: direct mail, website, sellers and buyers list, etc. in addition to to the fact that I am a broker and member of my local MLS.

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Still nailing down my marketing plan so I can send out some direct mail.  

I have been managing as many as 85 of my rental houses in Northern Calif, for the last 20 years using what my friend Fixer Jay DeCima calls, MANAGING YOUR TENANTS BY MAIL.

Section 604 (a)(3)(E) & (F) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act states:item subsection “E” says…Intends to use the information as a potential investor or servicer, or current insurer, in connection with a valuation of, or an assessment of the credit or prepayment risks associated with, an existing credit obligationIn addition, subsection “F” says…Otherwise has a legitimate business need for information in connection with a business transaction that is initiated by the consumer or to review an account to determine whether the consumer continues to meet the terms of the account.The full document can be found here; http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/sites/default/files/ar...Does anyone have any instances they could not or should not do this? 

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