You are correct direct mail is expensive so I make my own postcards with card stock, a paper cutter, MS word, and a color printer, I started with an ink jet and switched to a laser.

I have a great interest in stocks myself and have traded quite a lot in my scottrade account.

I am just new here in biggerpockets.com and I very willing to understand more about investment and stock market.

Acceptable forms of reserves include cash in checking/savings; investments in stocks, bonds, or mutual funds; a CD; money market account; cash-value in life insurance; and a percentage of vested retirement accounts.#3 As far as DTI, Fannie/Freddie will typically allow up to 45%.

I have also been researching stock investing and current market conditions which intrigues me but seems more risky than real estate. 

My name is Brent and I am another young hopeful who is growing wise to the gains from real estate versus the stock market.

S corporations generally make non-dividenddistributions, which are tax-free, provided the distribution does not exceed the shareholder's stock basis.

If your plan is to not spend much time or effort on education, buy some random property in some random market that you know nothing about but read on BP that it is good, and kick back and watch the rent checks roll in, then you'd be better off buying a low cost stock market index fund IMHO.

Stock options?

I was thinking about learning to trade stocks to hopefully earn enough to get my next rental?