Have you considered looking for off-market deals by driving for dollars, etc?

We figure each mail piece costs about 85 cents when we either purchase a list, create our own list, pay for the labor, paper, stamp and envelope.85 cents is not a lot of money, but 20,000 mail pieces will cost $1700 and then when you don't get one good lead (and that is common for 20,000 letters) then that $1700 eats deep into your pocket when you can get thousands of leads for free.One problem with direct mail is I get no less than 3 letters every day of the week from investors wanting to buy my properties.

You could drive for dollars and door knock? 

I’m currently aggressively educating my self trying to read at least 4 books a month while also driving for dollars and going to as many R.E.I meetups within a 65 mile radius of my home, which is in Sarasota Fl.

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Good afternoon BP Family,Today I sat down and decided that I had really done enough research on potential properties to jump in the deep end and stay afloat.

Hi Jacklyn,  I believe the generic advice of "get a side gig" to earn your down payment money means (today);  drive for uber, door dash, find a few local elderly who don't want to go shopping and be their helper/shopper. 

It might be closer to $400 if they don’t drive much or over $1200 if a few are sharing. 

The tenant needs to go to their bank and set up the ACH.I have never had a tenant complain about depositing into my account.They can go through a drive through and they get a receipt. 

They are big burly guys that smell like diesel fuel, drive jacked up 4x4s, have neck tats and chew tobacco for breakfast.