I don't want to be another statistic of someone that got started and never landed a deal. 

On any user who has a "public" profile, there will be a section called "Statistics", and within the statistics there is a "Last Active" metric.

I'm connected on LinkedIn with the Executive Sales Association of America, and even though they're not in real estate per se, when you're marketing, the statistics seem to show that you'll get a response on the 5th or 6th touch/meeting. 

@Crystal SmithI want to thank you for the details and your personal experience with this type of investements..of particular interest is the correlation between crime and weather; is this your hypothesis or do you have any proven statistics/research on this?

I just was hoping that there is a recognized statistical correlation between the time of year &/or day of DM drop and % of responses.Thanks 

I know there are a few public access websites that aggregate crime statistics and other factors to give zipcodes specific ratings.

The speaker who had been friendly to the other questioning attendees suddenly tensed up and became very defensive when asked questions regarding risk, statistics and etc.in regards to the quick sell process (run for the hills... it’s the data hungry engineers!).

The kids can wreak havoc in a unit so more damage than the avg market-rate tenant. where I worked in Jackson ms and owned a few hundred section 8 houses.. the statistics for the amount of local residents on some sort of assistants is staggering..

Foreclosure Market Report shows that foreclosure starts increased from a year ago in 96 of the 219 metropolitan statistical areas (44 percent) analyzed in the report.Twenty-one states posted a year-over-year increase in foreclosure starts in July, including Florida (up 35 percent); California (up 3 percent); Texas (up 7 percent); Illinois (up 7 percent); and Ohio (up 2 percent).Nationwide, 30,187 U.S. properties started the foreclosure process for the first time in July – a 1 percent increase over the previous month and less than 1 percent year-to-year.

Maybe it shows that statistically you don't have the reserves to be a good credit case...Think of it another way --- where do you think these "creative finance guys" are having your source some to many of your deals?