Now I just need to work on building relationships in the meantime I suppose, thanks again!

authkey=CNONvqDW1JuWrgEI have no idea how to attach my excel spreadsheet showing all of the expenses in detail.

There is an excellent book called "Buy and Hold" by David Schumacher, that deals with buying and never selling.

Right now, I am downloading all of the vacants for a certain price range and target areas into excel and then start sifting and sorting.

This is because the list come in an excel cvs file and the Sr and Miss might not populate into your letter correctly especially if the list is unsure the status of the owner.Hope this helps

From there I have just been working to establish relationships and build a buyers list.

Good ideas so far.I'll go to the old network and build relationships track though.Go to REIAs and other investor meetings as well as RE industry events and local business meetings to meet people.

Many many investors have gotten this excellent balance of knowledge and motivation from Robert Kiyosaki.

In my forthcoming book "The Value Investors Guide to Apartment Buildings" I use this illustration to show the relationship between cap rate and price given a certain amount of NOI:Good hunting-

@J Scott , I'm surprised you didn't mention the excellent article about real estate deal analysis you posted here on BiggerPockets.