but are there any landlords out there who allow rental applicants to view their properties alone without themselves or someone from their property management company present?

This should be presented no later than your second visit, and subsequently fully executed.

We saw consistent double digit response rates across several different markets.

Even when it's not directly price, it's almost always a form/function problem (which still ultimately means it's not worth what you're asking in it's present floor plan, design, use, etc. so it still ultimately boils down to price).

Buyers can't screw around when a deal presents itself anymore whether it is on market or off market.

@Brandon TurnerI agree with @Josh Cohen I got the digital copy and audio book couldn't listen to it.I'm more of a physical book so I bought that and almost finished reading it.

Using a HELOC against the ~$100K that I have in untapped equity in my present home.2.

Hello David - I'm considering that the original posts are a year old, not sure if you'll get any bites from previous posters, but I did see your post so I'll respond :) I don't run FB Ads as an investor, but Digital Marketing is what I do for a living so I can tell you that online marketing CAN work when done properly, and Facebook isn't the only way to get leads.

The property isn't inhabitable in its present condition and our plans were to fix it up.

We do complex real estate deals using leverage, while managing and shifting risk to generate double digit annual returns.