Around here, the only property - other than vacant land - for sale under $100K is either a dilapidated 2-bdrm "shack" on the outskirts of town (and it's listed at 89K) or an old house in a very rural setting.Even bank repo "Johnny Canuck" house {65 - 70 yr old, 1.5 story 2-3 bdrm houses built by/for returning soldiers after WWII} full of deferred maintenance are going for $135K {two in the last two weeks}.The 30-40K houses and 89-100K 4-plexes you read about on Bigger Pockets is what is enticing investors here to look south (sometimes even further south than the U.S.A).If I had enough cash-on-hand to be purchasing multiple 4 - 6 unit properties outright (at 250-500K a pop), I'd be in the private lending business and not the buy-and-hold business.

I'm giving the "boots on the ground" test a shot this weekend.

I know you can do multiple properties in a 1031 exchange but I don't know specifically if there is a limit.

got my first target area list for my first letters to be sent, and i've read multiple time about sending to a particular list multiple times in a few months span. do you update the list after 3,4,5 direct mailings or is it a certain amount of months/year(s)?

I think I have a pretty good insurance man here in the DFW area...has really saved us some money on our properties.Try Ryan Morgan with TWG Insurance...214-838-5408...He works with multiple carriers....good luck.

Versus investors who are numbers-driven, make decisions a lot faster, less hand-holding, and a lot of them pay cash (not all) so the providers are able to sell through multiple houses more in the same period of time than with primary homebuyers and with a fraction of the hand-holding headaches.As far as the markups, I wrote an article about my take on them0http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/02/16/turnkey/

I'm nervous that I won't qualify for multiple mortgages three years from now.

Now they have an idea of the investment and they can leave their information so now you can setup a meeting to further discuss the opportunity in detail, explain some deals you have in the pipeline, etc...I am just looking to see if someone has a website similar to this that I could be directed towards or if there is someone selling a product like this...I am not really wondering if it will work...I am more interested in testing it myselfany suggestions on sites or courses or products would be greatly appreciated...also, appreciate the response

It's important to have multiple exit strategies when you get involved with a HML.

I believe there was an article on BP where someone was an assistant and had more access to the MLS because she worked for multiple Realtors.