You have to consistently follow up in a meaningful way and you will get deals.

In many places, there's a meaningful difference in property values block to block and even street to street. 

The low appraisal combined with the low LTV typically prevents me from extracting all of my investment.

Are you looking to rehab and refinance to extract the equity right away?

Sales price vs original list is about level, down 0.2%, which doesn't seem like a meaningful change.It's worth noting that at $483,956, the average sale price is now well above the market peak in Q2 2006 (immediately before the crash started), which was $436,000.  

Consider having your listing agent lean on the buyer’s agents showing the property to extract that information from their clients.

I've been surprised at the difficulty of lining up a general contractor, and even more-so at the difficulty of getting meaningful info out of them.

You need to meet the right people and figure out how you can be of service to them then follow up and stay in touch in a meaningful way.

You have to consistently follow up in a meaningful way and you will get deals.

You have to consistently follow up in a meaningful way and you will get deals.