Thirdly, I went to the tax assessors site, found properties near mine that appeared to be owned by investors, so and so llc or so and so and associates and contacted them and this has generated some feedback.I just contracted the property this past weekend but I had a small list of potential buyers before I had the contract.....hope this helps.  

@Kyle Griffin You need to be employed for 2 yrs consistently in a similar job to use the income for loan qualification.

Lenders will call your employer to verify employment and ask if you are about to be laid off, retire, etc.

If moving out of state for employment purposes she may qualify for a short sale while still being current on her mortgage.

I know different people have different opinions on this and in this post, I wish to generate those opinions by briefly stating my views of what I believe are the differentiating factors.According to http://www.thefreedictionary.com/landlord, a landlord is defined as:1.

You have to show that you are willing and able to build the local economy providing employment and housing to those in dire need. 

I started by marketing for buyers in Florida and it ended up generating more sellers than buyers.

There are plenty of full time investors that can show you how to generate leads for motivated sellers that will make seller financing, subject-to and lease option deals possible. 

You're in the business of lead generation.

I gotta hand it to ya, at your age, having a plan in place or knowing that you need to have a plan in place, and taking action on implementing it, puts you miles ahead of your generation.