Network with other investors and get business cards of ones that are legitimate buyers.

For him, its drawing these little drawings on the backs of business cards.

They're called credit cards.

Bend my ID card and throw a tenant out of a house?

One guy gave me his card and we talked about his business which I can see myself checking out in the near future.

Tenants say a bunch of things and follow through on a few.I would congratulate and send a restaurant gift card of say 25 or 50 bucks when they close on their house.Just because you are family DOES NOT mean you can enter someone's private residence without their consent.I can see where they were upset and it's an invasion of privacy and a safety and security issue.I would take the high road and put emotion out of it.Good karma sometimes gets good karma back but bad karma will most certainly give you a confrontation and a bad outcome most of the time.

So far it looks as if the best price I can come up with for mailing one post card to my entire list is about $475, which comes out to about $.47 a post card.

Keep your credit card in your pocket but talk with the various attendees, ask for business cards, and talk with other investors in your market.

Again, I'd rather take my cards off the table on this issue.Plus, there is much greater flexibility with your investment options in an a/t account, such as borrowing with prudent leverage and reaping great tax benefits from the depreciation on 4x as much property as you have capital.

As a quasi government agency they can ask for verifications that you will never know about and at closing the borrower signs docs authorizing disclosures, lots of ways to check;Mailing address at post office, utility company, motor vehicle registration, insurance docs, bank account even your employer can report, credit cards, other debtors and more...And it's not just fannie and freddie, but any financial regulator can pull a compliance audit, state banking authorities, FDIC, CFPB, Comptroller of Currency....etc.What constitutes a residence?