Met what could be the mother of all bird dogs... Now what?

[Silvio L.]

I recently met up with a best friend from high school and was hanging out with his brother. Turns out his brother is a contract worker for a company hired by banks to board up houses. He showed me property addresses and all the pictures he takes, etc. He's seen A TON of properties.

I'm thinking... this is too good to be true. But then, I've read that it's very difficult to buy REOs in today's market, and just because I know the properties location doesn't mean I can actually get my offer accepted.

I'm mainly trying to wholesale, by the way. A joint venture with a money partner I know is an alternative.

What's a good way to go about leveraging this new contact? What type of information should I ask him for?

Thx BP