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Finding and evaluating a first potential deal in Massachusetts
Good day BP community, I’ve been looking at my area and noticed a couple of potential properties on the mls that are of interest. A couple of questions for you all;
1) how do you locate your deals?
2) has anyone driven for dollars, located absentee owners and been successful reaching out and obtaining the property from them?
3) how can you evaluate these deals to ensure cash flow with mls data, if possible?
Thanks in advance, Jon