We are hiring someone to come in-house for the first time and work with us both cold calling and wholesaling leads.

Drawback is you'll be splitting an assignment fee with them.In order to provide the most fair price and most information on your deals you will need to be extremely efficient (because you are adding even more value which is harder to find). 1) You will need to lead gen like a machine. 2) When leads come in, you will need to be able to disqualify the bad ones extremely fast.

You may have old sewer lines, old wiring, asbestos, lead paint, rubble foundations and various things that fall short of modern code.

Never would have thought that in all my life leading up to this. 

By just trying to do something, anything, in any strategy or asset class, you will immediately start learning and making connections which will lead you to where you are "meant to be."

Is there any advice on where/how to buy a lead gen list as well as direct mail advice?

But of course I started wondering that only after I scanned the posts for other people’s experiences and realized what investing in rentals can lead to. 

The dark streak on the left is a boat channel leading to the lake area.

I know a CPA is also extremely important, and we have a few seemingly good leads (but with tax season new appt times have been hard to come by).Look forward to getting to know some of you better, and maybe even working together in the future! 

Others include a Lead-Based Paint Disclosure and EPA-approved Information Pamphlet, and a Mold Disclosure.Unless you truly want to become a property manager, I would URGE you to reconsider cobbling together a leasing process from random spare parts, and instead find yourself an experienced property manager and let them do their job.Property management is a legitimate full-time occupation; so is being a real estate investor.