Know how long they have been in their house and what they bought it for and what's happening in the neighborhood.No one likes cold calling so don't think of it like that.

All in all - owning a place to rent to other people is a business, and business decisions need to be made based on that cold hard facts and not on an emotional basis, unless someone wants to quickly go out of business.

I did it 2 years ago. rarely get cold called/texted on tons of parcels owned. 

And when you do have a list is cold calling the best way to reach owners as direct mail would most likely go to their tenants and not the owner if not occupying the property?

And before we cry "weather, but MN is cold weather in winter":California has 6.24X the homeless of Florida. 

@Justin Jefferson first, some cold realty - you're about as likely to play in the NFL as you are to retire via real estate in 4 years.Are they both possible?

I'm hopeful to start going down there more in the Winter months to dodge the Iowa cold in the coming years.

You're welcome on the lists mate hehe 👍 (No, not sending to anybody else as Luka has Balkan heritage I'm assuming and so do I so we look after each other haha).Wholesalers are a disaster and all of your equity/profit will go to them.I suggest cold calling yourself, learn/practice your pitch and then elevate and delegate.My folks have been doing just acquisitions for many years now but all good things take time.All the best mate

so I definitely like the Fortuna area, but then you kind of run into the cold and constantly wet.

These all play into the "type" of investment we wanted to do.We are in Iowa where December thru March can be cold and windy.