I have some ideas like giving their number out to wholesalers or whoever texts me 10 times a day asking if I need help finding health insurance, but I'd love to hear your ideas as well.

I would give him a call or text. (253) 651-8391. 

If you are getting an email or text about a wholesale deal, I guarantee all of the legit buyers have already passed on it because it's not a great deal. 

Now I just call or text agents and say hey, I'm a flipper, before I spend time and travel to go look at this listing, how flexible are your sellers?

Through networking, one may find off-market deals and get recommendations from others who find motivated sellers or distressed homes.Internet marketing: To establish contact with possible sellers, make use of internet resources including social media, real estate websites, and forums.

If you have a contractor that does good work, shows up, returns your calls and texts and charges you what they say they will charge you- play their game.

If you told him you have been playing pickup games for the past year and need help improving your jump shot, now he has evidence you're motivated and a specific goal he can quickly help you work towards.

Having said that, I am getting much better at analyzing properties on my own and have a specific set of criteria a property MUST meet and perform enough due-diligence research that the chance of missing major red flags are getting smaller and smaller.And yes, as the overwhelming majority of foreclosures are either cancelled or "purchased" by the plaintiff (bank) and the limited inventory (at least in Hillsborough County) is often bid-up by neophytes or snatched up by large wholesalers and other REI firms that specialize in flipping C-class properties, there are few opportunities for us little fish.To keep myself motivated, I've been keeping a log of properties that went to third-party bidders (i.e. private buyers) which I could have bought had I been monitoring the auctions during periods when I was too busy to do so.

Give me a call or text and I will fill you in and reserve you a spot. 

The beneficiary is not recorded only the trustee so this could be a good tool to use in subject 2 deals.I would certainly consider doing this but I've had no problem finding plenty of paid off properties with motivated sellers and distressed properties.