thanks @Joseph M. everything almost back to normal here.well from what i can tell the market has slowed down a bit, a lot of damaged property, i've seen 10-20k discounts in some desirable areas for SFR but that may not offset the damage

Companies like TMprinting, Michael Lewis Marketing Suite, Ken Oakley, LogoSpectrum and others often have discounts through companies and local boards of Realtors.

If you are having issues with non-payments, can you try offering your houses at a discount if paid by the first?    

People will only see this as you trying to take advantage of the situation, I see it as you doing your job . buy discounted properties after a storm because owner are out of state and not possible for them to deal with big repairs..... or owners are scared of keeping those properties, and other potential problems.... 

There will be a flood of flooded properties at discount prices.

I might discount some of my sfr to you if you could close cash, in about the next 30 minutes or so. lol.

After a year or two, if you so desire, you can break off and go with a discount brokerage or start your own company.

The problem I have is my niece wants me to buy her house at a deeply discounted rate in fact she's even willing to take a $30,000 loss to to sell it fast, it's a very nice spacious 4 bedroom home for $130,000 in an area where houses sell for close to $200,000 but it's in Chicago where they have gone crazy as far as property taxes are concerned.

Come invest in Philly on some fix and flips and I'd pick out the properties at discount, manage the project, handle due diligence and would agree to 70/30 split, you getting the bigger slice of the pie (since you're paying for everything) on the first two or three projects. 

He tries to sell the houses to people who are interested in fixing up the houses, so he can possibly sell the note later, without a discount.