The guy is really a robot (cybernetic organism).

Something to help me set goal, stick to criteria, and organize myself as I prepare to transition into this in 18 months.

The answer to your question in "high end neighborhoods" like you posted earlier is SS / REO's are SLIM to almost none in Rochester, Bloomfield, West Bloomfield, Troy, which are areas you're looking to target from what i can tell.

Once you get all of that up and running to where it becomes simple maintenance and content adding then you can expand into paid ads.PPC can result in good leads but are very pricey depending on the keyword and the market you are in.SEO is great for long term organic results but SEO is risky in my opinion because everyone is a self proclaimed expert at it and with Google constantly changing how it ranks sites what works good today could do the opposite next week.

They both in the same city but opposite ends of the city, know the neighborhoods well, and am comfortable with them and the values they demand.An advantage I have in this transaction is that I will more than likely use a first time home buyer rate and only 5% down payment incentive program.

Learning the good and bad neighborhoods and their boundaries comes from talking with local lenders and loan brokers about where they like to lend and where they avoid.

I was talking to @Marc Littmann just the last night and we were discussing how the City of Denver shut down a VRBO house in my neighborhood.

Not the best neighborhood, but not war zone either.

. :) Definitely not a warzone, not in a floodzone either, just an older established neighborhood in a small town about 50 minutes south of Houston.

If you're just starting out and you don't know what to do, one of the key things you need to do is go out there and MEET as many "real estate people" as you can find.Attend networking events, real estate investors association meetings and meetup groups.Talking of meetups, I am organizing a BP Meetup this Friday, January 17, 12 NN in our Downers Grove office.