Vacant houses in my own neighborhood

[Chris Lipumano]

Hey Everyone,

I was very close last night to putting up bandit signs in 2 zip codes I'm interested in. I was going to spread out 50 signs last night around 2am and pick them up Monday night because of the holiday weekend. I have been reading bandit sign discussions here on bigger pockets and decided to withhold my bandit sign marketing for a while or not even do it. That's a loss of around 120 bucks but what do you guys think I should do with all the bandit signs if I don't decide to use them?

Any whooo back to the topic at hand. This morning I got ready for work a little early and had about 20 minutes to spare before heading to work so I drove around my little neighborhood and found 2 properties that were definitely vacant.

One property had a (Eviction restoration notice) and broken window but looking inside I noticed there was some construction/rehabbing going on it wasn't extensive work but repair is being in order. The eviction notice also had a plaintiff name and a defendant name listed. I'm guessing the plaintiff must be the property owner? I definitely need to get to researching because the notice was back in the beginning of July.

The other property I noticed had a lockbox on it and checking redfin on both properties they're not mls listed and properties were bought around 1996 and 2000.

I want to mention the app I have on my phone called Homesnap. This app is amazing when 'driving for cash'/'cruisin for cash' because you can snap a pick of a house and it will locate it and give info on the property. But the option I love is the (stealth) option where the app will gps pinpoint your location and will give you a list of about 5 houses that you are surrounded by.

My goal is to start walking neighborhoods maybe even to my dog with me with my phone and app and then start researching and creating lists for direct mail or find the owners number and call them. What does the Bigger Pockets family think?

Hope everyone has a Happy and Safe labor day!!