By that I mean search rental advertisements in your area figure out who the players are then dive into the companies and call them up seeing if they have any abilities. 

I also love how passive out of state investing is and having the ability to invest in a landlord friendly state, even though I don'tlive in one!

You want to show knowledge and confidence in your investing abilities, so by mentioning you are a first time investor may not play to your benefit in terms of first impressions.  

The second thing is weren't, as all four states you mentioned, so we have the ability to find your properties in those four states.

The goal here would be to hang on to these assets with fixed long term debt that can provide 20%+ cash on cash returns and the ability to spend a week or two in each area.

We're also pretty unique in that we are publicly traded on NASDAQ  and offer equity opportunities and the ability to earn residual income via our revenue sharing program. 

@Danual BerkleyI think having the personality or ability to not take F-off personally and go with your game plan.If the worst that can happen is a seller telling your to F-off that is not that big of a deal if there is one seller that says OK.No one is saying that every offer is going to get accepted or that it is comfortable making low offers. 

You do a Zoom with them to test their call ability, review their references from other REI inside the Upwork system, and then when you use them Upwork tracks their work time for you.

It could be sold on the open market  but that would probably result in a substantial hair cut of the value of the note.3.

Looking forward to checking out these recommendations though, just for the simple ability to keep reading and learning.