The Best Leads for Wholesaling

[Brian Sawyer]

Hey BiggerPockets Crew,

I'm getting more into wholesaling and I'm coming across the question of what are the best leads for wholesaling? I can imagine that back property taxes, code violations, tax delinquency, water shutoffs, evictions, probates, divorce, absentee owner, pre-foreclosure, and HOA liens are all good options. But, when I think about one being active on the MLS or a pre-foreclosure, I wonder if that means that they are listed with an agent or a quick auction and would become bad leads to wholesale? Should this stop me from marketing to those deals and stick to the ones that aren't listed, or would these just be structured differently?

Thanks for your time!