Locating flippers/investors in your area

[Luke Calhoun]

Hello BP community. I do a bit of wholesaling here in central Texas, primarily Austin and the surrounding areas. I have found BP to be a wealth of information in the past, so maybe I can get some advice. Here is what I am trying to do: I want to be able to look up LLC's or individuals who have flipped or are currently flipping in a certain area. I know the traditional methods, but I need something faster.

ex: a couple weeks ago my associates and I had a house that we were having trouble moving.  Reason being,  it was out of our normal territory and we didn't have any investors familiar with that area.  I needed to find someone interested, but literally didn't have time to go drive the area before my option was up the next day. (We did get it sold, but it was still cutting it close)

Most experienced house flippers purchase under LLC's. That being said, are there any loopholes or strategies on the MLS where one can search for LLC's who have sold or purchased in a certain zip code? Under "sellers name" there is no last name option, otherwise you could literally type LLC in there and we wouldn't have this problem. Any advice is much appreciated.