Instead of explaining a lot to confuse them, just get a custom printed rubber stamp (with your LLCs full legal name) and ask them to use that in the payable section of the check, instead of your name. 

Scott's books on flipping and estimating rehab costs are also great sources of info.As far as wholesaling is concerned, Find out: Your target area; ALL costs of a mail campaign (list, letters, postcards, necessary office supplies, postage, etc); budget for 6 months-1year of mailings; develop scripts for prospective sellers (what to say to them); learn to track responses, follow-ups, conversion rates, overall campaign effectiveness, etc.Build your team; title company, RE attorney, cash buyers, closing agents, etc.Feel free to reach out if you need any info.

The printing companies I've spoken to would require a huge custom order to be made ($$$) with each postcard being a unique file upload with the mail merge info, and do not offer mail merging services of any kind.

I have been studying the whole direct mail business. I understand driving for dollars and knowing every home in town. 1. How to the professionals keep track of these thousands of homes and contacts? I can imagine down...

I am in the process of subdividing an existing 9+ acre property into 4 individual lots:Lot 1: primary residence - includes an existing 3,000 sq ft, custom home built in 2006.  

Remember there are variable expenses such as vacancy rates, repair rates and management fees so when someone tells you an ROI make sure your comparing apples to apples meaning create a formula you're comfortable with and then run all of your prospective properties through your equation.

My wife has a pretty good job and aa great boss that has been very considerate of my situation.The math anaysis side of investing is very important and must be done before all offers as well as looking at the prospective property or at least have a clause in the sales contract that allows you the time (about 10 days) to make a detailed inspection and possibly back out of the deal without a penalty that would hurt to lose.  

Pre-2000's it was a much easier prospect, i.e. - tenant's rent covered property taxes and a good portion of mortgage.

Respond with great customer service (addressing questions, maintenance issues, etc.) like you're already doing, and that will be all they need.

I use Insightly to manage my contacts and plan out/track prospecting.