You came to the right place.One piece of advice that I wish someone would have given me when I was in your education phase.  

Just about every market is big enough for each of us to get our piece of the pie, while still being cooperative with other investors. 

I am considering getting my realtor license as an entry point in my investment journey mainly to gain a broader understanding of how all the pieces fit.

Do you get taxed on what you don't put into a second property or are you taxed on the whole deal of you take a piece of the profit for yourself?

Make sure your piece(s) are noticeable in a stack.

Curious to know what you said on your postcards and if you used handwritten fonts or a more polished production piece.

I'm not sure I understand Kevin's comment above......My best piece of advice is to get in the game now!

@Eric ClifftI love the fact that you are methodically & creatively designing your marketing strategy.Direct mail marketing traditional results dictate that response rates should be higher on a piece addressed to a specific person vs. anything that may resemble junk mail like a general mailing to "resident" or equivalent.However, higher response rates do not necessarily=higher profit.Run a split test on both methods to determine the profitability of each lead, not just response rate.  

Population growth has been robust, and the State of Oregon has ranked in the top five nationally for in-migration moves to a new state for much of the cycle.After record-breaking rent gains in 2015, the Portland City Council passed several pieces of legislation aimed to curb rent growth and increase availability of affordable housing.

I've been investing in real estate since 2007 and now I want to add another piece to my investing portfolio.