Once I understood how to raise private money from investors my real estate business completely changed.The length of time it takes to raise private money can vary depending on a number of factors such as the size of the property, the amount of private money needed, the complexity of the transaction, the quality of your offering documents, the number of potential investors you have in your network, etc. 

I think I was under the impression that disabled receiving housing assistance was under the same category as section 8, where I would have to apply.

This is another example where made-up terms confuse the public.There are short-term rentals (30 days or less) and long-term rentals (more than 30 days) and zoning laws are written for those two categories.

Sometimes people inherit properties so experiences can vary when you have sellers who don’t quite comprehend contractual obligations and civil tort generally.

Do you know of any good training material to help me gain the basic knowledge that would be need to succeed in this category?

REIA's must vary quite a bit from city to city and state to state. 

Foreign investors make up a large portion of investors in all categories.

An example of this is letting a convicted felon move into the residence.Code Enforcement: The rules vary from one city to the next.

There's ton of thoughts/info out there and generally mailers seem to fall into 3 categories for this.  1) General Letters 2) Postcards 3) Blind offer letters.Just trying to see if anyone has ever gone with the "blind" offer route using postcards instead of an enveloped letter format. 

The amount you can borrow may vary from state to state but FHA is a federal program so a lot of the requirements are the same.