Hey @Jason Ostermayer !
Get out to a lot of the local networking events. We have a lot of them in the area. You'll start to see a lot of the same faces and learn who the buyers are. @Eric Tait has a very common model for the landlords in the area. Some are getting very hungry for deals so that is driving prices up a bit. The gurus are back in a big way so it seems every week sees a new crop of new seminar graduates out looking for deals. Some are really bidding up prices and will say anything to the seller to get the deal. DON'T be one of those guys, especially if you are dealing with pre foreclosures. I spoke to a woman yesterday that I talked to a week and a half ago. She went with a guy that I knew was offering too much and would not be able to perform at that price or in the time we had left before the auction. I would have been able to close in time with no problem and she would have walked away with about $10,000 in her pocket. Instead she listened to a new investor that was out of his league and was not able to do anything with her property in the time period he had. She called me to see if there was something we could do. Unfortunately the other "investor" basically said oops and the house went to auction last week. She lost it and now gets nothing.
I know that was slightly off topic but I just had to get that story out because I am running into it a lot lately. We are dealing with very delicate situations in many cases so run your business with integrity and know your numbers. If you do those things you will get all the buyers you need.
