For me to be able to do it the way I want to I'd have to find a broker that will let me cherry pick notes from my home territory, but there shouldn't be a shortage in a metropolitan area of over 4M people in one of the areas most affected by the real estate bubble.

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At least in that capacity you can build a buyer's list with advertising and at least start to establish your presence with a home in "inventory".

LinkedIn seems to be a good way of just making your presence, background & qualifications known (it's almost always in the Top 4 results when you google a person's name - and the website itself is in the top 20 websites worldwide).

I just keep expanding geographical territory and look a little harder for deals.

Anybody use an app that recognizes US territories?

And they tend to be the highest spread...Always included any source you can even if its just 10 obituaried per week, month etc...We get angry people who think what we do is tacky and horrible, in probates, absenttee etc...its comes with the territory...

Can't really help you, this is legal territory, your best bet is to get a RE Attorney to help you with this.

What I see highly effective here is persistent MLS search day after day, continuous social media presence, but more importantly is the right connections with REO realtors, lawyers, auctions, and homeowners.

Terminating members of your team is part of being an investor - it just goes with the territory.