We try to fix houses in low end areas up.Keep in mind, your competition is other rentals so you need to be better than other rentals on the market and not comparable to flips/high-end homes.

Why should he flip houses anymore, makes too much off everyone buying his books and seminars.Last I heard about lawsuits was Armondo suing his brother David for trademark infringement, damage to business reputation, unfair competition and unjust enrichment.

In bigger, more competitive markets, Craigslist is not super productive - as far as putting an ad out there and just waiting for emails to come it.

Send a few social bookmarking links at it and your video, (depending on the strength of competition), should hit the 1st page of Google in no time at all.

Remember, some who is willing to teach you is offering their time, energy and even some risk (you may become their competition one day).

Now you know my competitive nature......

Plus along the way got listing that sold in a week and made 15k all legally ... and probably the biggest is just the networking with other RE professionals instead of being on an island.. and of course MLS at your home computer that is invaluable in todays highly competitive market...

These are not zero down and are competitively awarded when funds are made available by USDA.

Think you main issue these days will be competition for dwindling number of renters due to the drawdown, but on hte plus side since deplyments are going down you should, emphasize should, be able to keep renter there 2-3 years for their length of tour at Drum. 

It is not SUPER competitive here yet but, it is getting there and the low hanging fruit type deals are fewer and farther between but, We are still able to get 70%.