In the 4 years I've owned my duplex in Lavaca, I've never had a vacancy, and only had to advertise it for rent once (I had 18 showings within 4 days and had applications.

I usually have to turn off the paid advertising after about a week because my sales team can't handle all the leads and follow ups.Disclaimer: Yes I am affiliate with these companies but it's only because I use them and they do a good job.Hope that helps.

Pay Per Click Advertising (Google, Yahoo, Bing) - This is the fastest way to generate leads, but requires expertise, a very well designed landing page, and the ability to respond immediately.2.

Learn some nothing down techniques and use themFind sellers and negotiate with them directly (unlisted properties)Ask your agent to send you expired listing dailyMake offers 20% below last listed price on expired listingsMake Trial Offers and  use Second Stage negotiations Flip some properties every month to create cash reserve and cash flow.Always ask for seller financing in your contract offerAsk for Principal Mortgages, delayed settlements and early pay-off discountsTake a portion of your money to advertise for propertiesRun radio ads for real estate wantedUs a skinny contractsHave your agent take out the clause in his contrat "Time is of the Essences"Build in an automatic extension in your contract (have it before you need it)Have fun and build your real estate portfolioCharles

But they may just be advertising the times they were right and not their mistakes.                 

Go to a REIA meetup and advertise it.  

So I really wouldn't have an ethical issue advertising "Cash for your house" if using hard/private money since most distressed sellers don't care how you pay as much as they care about how fast you can close.

Do you have any idea of how often they redraw the flood plain maps and if the general trend is more flood plain, less, or static?

I want to advertise my wholesaling business using car magnets.  

The more you keep advertising your services, the more chance your business name becomes known to not only the recipients of your list, but also the people they talk to, their families and work colleagues.Some investors say 4 times, others never remove names from their list - ever.