@Perryonte Smith You can purchase lists and compile lists from city and county for 60-90-120 days late on mortgage, pre-foreclosure, delinquent taxes, water cutoff, code violation, probate, divorce, high equity, etc. and mail or cold call.Other methods are driving for dollars, door knocking, wholesalers, craigslist, Realtors, FSBO sites, expired listings, foreclosure sites, put out bandit signs, billboards, newspapers, other offline publications.You can use pay per click/adwords, facebook, Linkedin, Youtube, and other forms of online and social media marketing.

Upon compiling abundant evidence that the owners appeared to have abandoned these properties, I caused the properties to be cleaned up, rented them, and have since managed them almost as though they were my own.Despite being in possession, I have no ownership interest in any of the properties.

Everything from the HUD form at closing to utility bills to property tax receipts to general material receipts to repairs were put in a folder until time to compile the various categories for taxes and, well many of the receipts were blank or barely readable. 

I currently own a single family which I purchased 4 years ago which has compiled a net profit of 100,000$.

you can network with wholesalers.You can purchase lists and compile lists from city and county for 60-90-120 days late on mortgage, pre-foreclosure, delinquent taxes, water cutoff, code violation, probate, divorce, high equity, etc. and mail or cold call.Other methods are driving for dollars, door knocking, wholesalers, craigslist, Realtors, FSBO sites, expired listings, foreclosure sites, put out bandit signs, billboards, newspapers, other offline publications.You can use pay per click/adwords, facebook, Linkedin, Youtube, and other forms of online and social media marketing.

Here is a compilation of BP posts that cover building a list of buyers:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/93/topics/54108-buyer-s-list-how-to-

I do have a budget for this if the results are fruitful, but if there is a free method that takes longer to compile, I want to hear that too.

I am trying to avoid manually compiling the lists from each county.

Great point, James.That said, I wish someone (or some people) would help us to perhaps compile some guides within specific topics.A) It would be very helpful, and could become a stickeyB) The person/people who did it would get tons of love from me and the rest of the community, as well as some credibliity.C) See BD) I think these would be incredibly valuable and could drive many new members and potential partners to the site.Think what Steve Babiak does, but on a larger scale and broken down in a meaningful way (not that Steve doesn't do it in a meaningful way)Thoughts?

Now, you have to slow the slide show down and compile your own list with cities, %'s etc.