Most things sit on the market for a couple of years and it's relatively informal (i.e most houses found either by driving by or on Encuentra24, similar to Craigslist).

Driving for dollars and attending local real estate meetups can help you find motivated sellers and build relationships.

I know where I’m at in Chicago the price difference between a house that needs a rehab and one that just got one isn’t that far apart unless you can get something before it hits the market so not sure how easy it would be to pull it off but I mean there’s a lot of suburbs surrounding chicago where things may work better.

I have found some lenders that will do a drive by valuation, meaning they don't look inside.

I doubt that you will want to drive 90 minutes to clean the unit every time it turns over.

A ton of opportunities in Madrid and the surrounding cities.

It just seems like the housing / banking system right now is driving toward fore-closures and you really have to fight for it these days.

For those who’ve purchased their first vacation rental in the Destin or Panama City Beach area (or surrounding areas, too), what’s one thing you wish you’d known beforehand?

They drive around looking for a place and they look where they look to buy other things which is FB Marketplace.

Hey, I recently relocated to SW Virginia so I'm now about a 5 hour drive to the northern outer banks, which is a place we love.