Focus on absentee owners and start with the ones who live the farthest away and only own one property in the area since they have the least use for the property.You can also drive for dollars, looking for anomalies of disrepair and then look them up in the tax records and use a site like Spokeo to do cheap skip tracing.

local REIA groups are filled with investors looking to buy properties.

They are asking me to call them… see message below:“We are very interested in your property and would like more information, particularly about the proximity of the amenities to the location.

$1,500-$1,600 is about the going rate for a 2/2 in most average areas of BR, but I can see where some neighborhoods would get more.Another thing to think about - if the property is sitting vacant right now and you have ready and willing (and qualified) tenants, then the opportunity cost of waiting an extra month or two is $1,550/month.

I came across this brand new property, in a great intersection that’s leased out to LazyDog restaurant & running well.

Louis, Missouri-based property manager seeking investors and opportunities to property Tenant screening, lease negotiation, property maintenance, rent collection. 

I do know many lawyers that own investment properties themselves and in conversation have found out that most of them represent themselves in court during evictions.

I'm wondering if you can help advise on this situation.My mother currently resides in a property located in Los Angeles County.

Why not use your IRA to just buy the property? 

I dont have 50 props as I dont count inventory that we own which is 150 to 200 properties at anyone time.