Only desperate syndicators use this who can't raise their own money.Plus I only invest with those I know personally.

See if you can see the pattern here: tenants that don't respect the homes, constant damage to the homes, evictions, renovations to homes, marketing for better tenants, vacancy, decreased cash flow, desperation... tenants that don't respect the homes, constant damage to the homes, evictions, renovations to homes, marketing for better tenants, vacancy, decreased cash flow, desperation... tenants that don't respect the homes, constant damage to the homes, evictions, renovations to homes, marketing for better tenants, vacancy, decreased cash flow, desperation... tenants that don't respect the homes, constant damage to the homes, evictions, renovations to homes, marketing for better tenants, vacancy, decreased cash flow, desperation...by now, you get the idea. 

However , it really depends on the location and how desperate you are to rent it. ideally , I prefer a stable family who will stay and not have many life changes , as college grads do. 

Find someone desperate (who is motivated by time, emotion or other factors more than money)3.

Desperation.

@ROB AMSDENI used to do a number of subject to s when interest rates where much higher, and sellers much more desperate.

I know many will fight me on this (most of those many will have a DMM marketing company that desperately need you to believe lists are good so they can make money).Lists are saturated, they are expensive and no list really targets motivation.Lists are calculated luck.Its like you needing to hit a small target in a small room and you have a shotgun.

It does have a busy shopping area, and a mall that desperately needs attention.

It does have a busy shopping area, and a mall that desperately needs attention.

Some distressed and unscrupulous owners who were desperate and in the midst of losing their properties started renting dirt cheap in order to generate any cash they could before the bank foreclosed and repossessed.