One of my favorite things in the world is hearing how people I've told them to have since utilized notes to pay off debt in ways I haven't even thought of.

However, because I had not read this anywhere, it made me realize that there may be several other motivations that I, and maybe you, may never think of, so why don't we brainstorm about our favorite motivated seller profiles? 

The abbreviations and acronyms are always fun to look up, but my favorite is " ROI " who doesn't like money? 

I very favorite mistakes are those that other people make!

In looking at data from PropertyRadar, I can see that most that you will spend time researching will never be sold - which means odds are your "favorites" are probably the owners favorite as well, and they'll work something out to not lose too much of their equity :) 

From my experience (23 years), I will tell you that attorneys can be fed one of two ways. 1) appetizers or 2) five course meals.People see items such as operating agreements, contracts, etc, as a check the box kind of thing- "my bank requires an operating agreement so I will use my favorite attorney, Google, to obtain one".  

Every landlord has a story like this -- my personal favorite variations are when the property was last used as a drug house and/or bordello.

Grab your favorite pancake lens and you're good to go!

As far as the markets, here is an article with things to consider-https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/02/2...Memphis isn't my favorite...there are markets now with higher returns and better market fundamentals (in my opinion). 

I believe Meeks is contractors favorite.