Targeting Investment Direct to Seller

[Ryan Fitzhugh]

Good afternoon, 

I have done 50+ wholesale deals since starting out and have been very fortunate to have guidance from sites like this among other places. Most of my deals I have contracted directly off MLS or from other wholesalers and then either assigned to the end buyer or double closed.

I really want to get into targeting sellers directly. I have done a two direct mail campaigns and found some luck doing that. I have a few simple questions I am sure someone on here can answer. 

Should I be targeting a demographic? Such as age of owner, year the house was last bought, widowed, tax delinquent, etc?

Or should I be targeting owners with a recent deed transfer such as quit claim deed, or intrafamily transfers, etc. 

Maybe a combination of both? 

Lastly, solely looking at quit clam deeds off the property records. Is a quit claim deed typically going to be a transfer of title for the current owner to say an LLC or maybe out of the name of a spouse or sibling? Or does a quit claim usually indicate a distressed sale to an investor?

Thanks in advance for any insight.