Sourcing Your Own Deals: absentee list or homes in disrepair?

[Amanda Young]

When reaching out to potential sellers and you want to use an absentee owner list, are you also supposed to drive for dollars to find the homes with the overgrown weeds and are in bad shape and then match those homes to absentee owners. Or is reaching out to absentee owners even if the house is in nice condition a good strategy? What do people normally do?