With our Gutter Guard business, we market very heavily based on our best ROI.

A colleague of mine invest pretty heavily in Chicago namely Chicago Heights.

Up here in New England the radio ads have been heavily skewed towards Than Merrill's Fortune Builders program. 

After having listened to some of the podcasts, some things that might work are:- Using listsource to create a targeted direct mail campaign- Using online ad words to generate leads- Driving for dollars- Lis-pendens lists (although these people get marketed to VERY heavily)- Put together a list of everyone you know (friends, family, coworkers, acquaintances, etc) and send out a letter to all stating your new career and ask for help in getting started (one of the podcasts describes this better in detail, forget which).In any case, I would say to keep educating yourself, and keep excited about your new career decision and life goals. 

People rely to heavily on what they read hear and are missing the big picture.

Those who are flipping or buying for appreciation, however, would likely be heavily impacted by a downturn.

She used comps that were of neighborhoods of lesser quality and she also place weight heavily on a 3 bedroom vs our 4 bedroom.

I think the ins and outs of the loan are all heavily influenced by your particular 401k account rules, but if it is administered through one of the larger 401k administrators then it should be a relative breeze for you from what I understand.

An agent relies heavily on MLS to source their deals, and want their commission (which means you'll pay at least 3%, if not yet listed or 6% if already listed and with a seller agent), and their deals will most likely be closer to full retail than investment grade.

While you know your deal is good if you're cash-flowing from day one even if 100% financed, you do not want to be so heavily leveraged either.I would vote for a mix of flipping and BRRR.