In the end your company will subrogate against the liable parties insurance carrier. 

They are disease carriers so call animal control, if one was seen to be showing signs of rabies a response would be quicker.

And get referrals from agents.You can use bandit signs - We buy HousesYou can develop a marketing campaign with print and PPC on the net and social media.You can drive for dollars.Here are others.Place a newspaper ad (major daily)Place an ad in Pennysaver, Thrifty Nickel, Greensheet, etc.Bandit signsDrive neighborhoods looking for vacant houses and FSBO'sCall FSBO adsSearch MLS for junker propertiesSearch MLS for expired listingsContact landlords who are evicting a tenantContact landlords with properties for rentPre-foreclosuresForeclosure auctionsREO'sHUD & VA housesTax salesEstate salesProperties with outstanding building code violationsProperties with outstanding health code violationsCondemned propertiesFire damaged propertiesOut of area ownersNetwork with professionals, i.e. attorney, CPA, REALTOR®.Network with service people, i.e. letter carrier, pool service person, lawn service person, newspaper delivery person, carpet cleaning people, plumbers, etc.Bird DogsWholesalersMagnetic car signDistribute business cards EVERYWHERECareer attire (Polo shirt with embroidered "I Buy Houses" logo)FliersDoor hangers

Now it could be a matter of going after the broker who then turns it over to his E and O carrier . 

As far as insurance, there is no concern - you simply won't have any insurance coverage (regardless of whether you pay the premium or not), because your carrier will refuse to pay claims once they figure out you had improperly installed electric wiring

I've heard it said - but have never asked the postmaster - that only a USPS letter carrier can legally put stuff in someone's mailbox.

Carrier left, GM left, New Venture left and the city is barely crawling out of that ten and twenty years later. so, at this point I'm looking at stuff in Syracuse University area, a few suburbs that aren't imploding and just get my first property under my belt.

I did a deep dive into the city: drove the streets, walked the neighborhoods, talked to shop owners, mail carriers and anybody who would give me time.  

None of the major carriers are going to sell directly to you, so that means you either have to go off-brand or second-hand/dent or damage market.

This is where we get these wild west guys who passed a 20 some hour course on originations of GSE loans thinking they know how to apply those rules to some financed lease-option or hybird loan arrangement, they don't have a clue and the sponsors will not go there to allow such "underwriting" it's also an insurance matter, lender liability and E&O, those insurance carriers specify the types of loans, the type of business to be conducted and covered.