I ordered some business cards and I will go to some local real estate meetings and start to network some.

The yellow card campaign works!

Sending out hand written personal letters, adds on social media, newspaper, craigslist, handing out business cards and posting signs out.

I see the mold as his trump card, how would you handle this?

Recently cleared all credit card debt so I'm thinking the payments I was making to my 3 credit cards will then go to my pension and kind of offset my payments back to my pension.

I wouldn't send gift cards.  

Please feel free to comment or offer advice.Year 1:- find an apartment to rent that's closer to work (I commute about 1 hr, 45 mins one way)- pay off debt (~$10k student loans, ~$5k car, ~$3k credit card @ 0% apr for another yr)- live frugally and save as much as I can (my goal is to save $20k)- learn as much as I can about real estate investingYear 2:- decide on a market to invest in (*)- decide on a strategy (leaning towards buy and hold, either single families or small multi-families)- start creating systems for marketing and lead generation (I think this is key for my long-term goals)- possibly start making offers (depends on financing and location)- save money from job income (goal is $40k)Years 3-5:- make deals- seek higher salary(*) NYC and its suburbs are quite expensive.

I have look up different way and one that caught my attention is business credit card to obtain property.

I don't find nearly as many real world, all cards on the table conversations like Scot's. 

You don't buy a house in a neighborhood of $150k homes, then rehab it with hand scraped hardwoods, granite counters, frameless shower doors and tumbled marble backsplashes.