Then lookup the owners contact information on the New Castle County Parcel Search and send them mail pieces (if you don't have the money for this than physically show up at their house and knock on their door), letting them know you're interested in purchasing the house. 

On the flip side, if you need to exercise a lot of control over your investment to be comfortable (ie. be able to see the property regularly, choose tenants yourself etc) and you'd rather have control than free time, then more passive buy-and-hold options may not work for you.

But, from a conservative analysis point of view it's where I would start until you can physically walk the property. 

All things being equal physically, I would go with more units under one roof.  

Sure it's great to physically eye the properties, but you may be losing out on better deals in other states by honing in on just your turf.

It seems to be hard for me to do since I don't have someone I can physically talk to and have them show me simple things, like how to fill out something as simple as a letter of intent.

12% is something like 6% physical and 6% loss-to-lease, bad debt, etc.

Also, you need to keep in mind your rehab time, which would push those 6 month comps even older.2) I'd go with the 3 comps that are physically closest to your subject property.

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Hi I'm working on a project and I need to have a physical survey conducted where they actually mark and map the property.