don't get discouraged though, try your marketing efforts in an area that isn't as pricey, hot, etc., as yours and see what happens.  

First letter went out last month... yes, I said letter... singular... naturally this effort needs some boost to be effective.  

I read a lot of questions where it wouldn't take too much effort to just answer the question.  

According to this article ($34,000 makes you part of the top 1% globally), I would guess the vast majority of people hanging around BP are already part of the top 1% globally.

How you market and manage the property, including your own time and effort versus hiring property mangers, will have an impact on your vacation rental's financial performance.

Kind of Human nature to treat yourself to things you may not think you would do today.If your in a town and it sounds like you are where you can buy these low priced assets its one of the great things we can do with nothing more than a modicum of education and effort and desire and create some financial security...

Be confident and put fourth the effort. 

@Rahdia Green I would not tell someone they can do this without a car just like I would not tell someone they can do this without money or risk. or effort.

Well, in our business, we put a lot of pride and effort into developing a rapport with our prospective sellers, and like anything else in life, this "rapport" has it's positives and negatives.The negative, is that we've found that some of these people like us so much that they're afraid to tell us that our offer is too low.Instead, they might tell us via email (instead of calling us back) to tell us that our offer is too low...  

Start making lists and notes about what needs to be done at each address.Take the one that requires the least amount of effort, work through that list, get it rented and move on to the next one.