Im also doing the things that you advised but is their things that youve experienced first hand that reading a book wont give you?

I learned not to turn the water on without your contractor or plumber on hand!!

Hi James,This is very bright idea. this is one that I have thought of doing my self, if you can produce consistently and pre-screen these leads you will be love by agents once you hand them off to them, one because like you said, it is all about ROI (time + money) to obtain these leads, and for an agent time is so valuable, plus they only have to paid you once it is closed not up front.

A self-directed IRA is not a means for you to get your hands on the IRA money for your own purposes - though I have been to some guru seminars that want to make it sound that way (while hiding behind "I'm not a tax attorney" disclosures).What a self-directed IRA can do is allow you to take self-directed retirement savings and invest in alternative assets, potentially in a situation where you have much more control and knowledge than with just sending money off to Wall St. 

I have never used leadpropeller but I have used other lead systems and carrot has won hands down. with just there trainings of the system and the extras you can purchase to have them do all the i.t. work for you.

Conversely, it could be tens of thousands of dollars in gains because they might go to you before ever talking to anyone else, because you showed them you respect and value them and their time and didn't act shady.I wouldn't bite the hand that feeds you, all I'm saying.

Just as a FYI, no architect or GC would rubber stamp a conversion but has to do their due diligence- I’m impressed with Peter’s grasp of  odd requirement so you would be in good hands 

It can be frustrating, which i know first hand. if you simply cannot win a bid then maybe look elsewhere or focus on properties that have been sitting for sale for a while that other people have taken their eye off of.

I have been reading and listening to everything I can get my hands on.

I think that Beaverton/Tigard and others are not quite the same as sprawling new developments outside Sacramento (perhaps more comparable to the San Francisco East Bay, to cite a local examplea gain), but on the other hand in the event of a significant downturn you maybe are more protected in the core.