Birmingham, AL is my target city for a boat load of reasons, but I live up in Philadelphia, PA.

For the bankruptcy properties, we contacted the trustee phone numbers on the website, however, they usually just replied to ask us to look for debtor's attorney.For short-sales, we searched the listing on zillow.com, but majority of them are off market.We used BP recommended realtor and asked if they can help with the properties we targeted, the realtor searched for a week of the foreclosure ones and get back to me that she believes she will not be the right partner.

For the 10 year period spanning September 2014-2024, single-family prices in Austin nearly doubled, yielding an annualized appreciation rate of ~9.8% in that period.With inflation nearing its 2% target and signs of a slowing labor market, the Federal Reserve last month made its first cut in to the federal funds rate since the start of the COVID pandemic.

That’s why I prefer Google—it's much more stable since it targets actual intent through the keywords people are searching for.

I would suggest you underwrite 100 deals in your target market in Philly and get a sense for what the deal flow looks like.

I'm targeting rent-ready single family homes and multi-family properties (2-4 units). 

Probably very little unless you are mis-rpesenting the property.As a wholesaler, are you an attractive lawsuit target? 

If you use any of the major mailhouse services, like Yellow Letter HQ (a service I can personally vouch for), they offer a variety of templates and even provide text suggestions.A smart way to analyze this strategy is by observing people in your local market who use mailers and identifying what works or doesn’t work for them.The simplest and most effective way to test this approach is to pull a hyper-targeted list of distressed homeowners and run a small-budget mailer campaign.Hope this helps!

With low inventory, this is a more efficient approach than targeting specific areas, IMHO! 

No, not "ugly" doors, I knocked EVERY door in my target area, and just talk to people, share what I did, what I was looking for, homes I could flip.