First driving for dollars

[Dallas Martin]

I conducted my first driving for dollars the other day.  I picked a small section in my target market and just drove around looking for houses that appeared abandoned or neglected.  I came away with about 30 or so houses over a 3 hour period (so about 10 per hour).  Anyone else ever try this?  Did I do OK with that return rate?  The plan is to direct mail to the property owners in hopes of finding a motivated seller in the bunch.  Anybody ever have success using this strategy?