Sellers are not some mysterious alien creatures whose brains work completely opposite from ours.

I used mystery and secrecy (location) as my hook and it worked

I am looking to get leads on motivated sellers and am still fuzzy on how to get these mysterious "lists" that I keep reading about.

"yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift that's why they call it present."

Maybe no one wants them because we are "that mysterious frozen land up north" in which case, send me your Alaska notes and I'll have a look at them!

Sooner or later, just as the OP did, they're going to meet someone to introduce them to the subtle mysteries of cement patcher.

Your deal has a 100% chance of mysteriously falling apart otherwise, he will never pay to abate in this hot market and I doubt he'd want a Scarlett letter on the building by allowing a formal inspection.

John and others- There are GREAT previous blogs and threads here on BP that help to take the mystery out of commercial RE.

I've bought dozens of houses from banks and they are always a mystery.

Much of the rest is still a mystery to me, even now.