Massaging them won't make them change.Don't fall victim to "gottadoadealitis".

Be gentle!

Trust me, I have first hand experience with realtors "massaging" sales data, so just make sure what you are looking at is accurate.

If you do find a current owner's address be gentle and as professional in your approach as you can be. 

But off the beaten path is mostly salons, spas, massage, hotels, million dollar condos, office,....

The letter arrived at the owners mail boxes last Thursday and the phone started to ring immediately, twelve calls on the first day.After listening to a couple rude massages i started to find some nice people to talk numbers with, but no motivated sellers.This afternoon i received a call from a very nice lady saying the she actually needs to sell not only one property but two.

I take that to mean the value of the property in regard to cash flow and appreciation and debt paydown VS. my 25% down payment doubled (from 0% to 100%) then doubled again (from 100% to 200%) and so on to a factor of 10, which basically beats the pants off of say, investing that $50,000 in stocks and seeing a 5% per year increase, for a total of 150%, or a factor of 1.5.My question is, am I misinterpreting something, or do leveraged returns really skyrocket like that even in a gently-appreciating housing market?

From the research I have done the house is worth about 106,000Comparable comps in the neighborhood that have been gently updated run for about 110k-120k.I would love to take over the house and lease it out but my only problem is updating the cosmetics of the house.

Eviction will cost you at least that plus lost rent while you are getting them out (section 8 wont pay after eviction notice is served)....But again, first thing to figure out is why you want them out and if its worth it to push...maybe gentle pressure to get them out by spring is best course....?

Keeps from having appliance service calls which are usually 50% or more of a 'new' (or gently used) appliance.