Some people to contact in an area: local police or sheriff, the Mayor or the city council/staff, HUD county office (they know which banks will finance), local established business owners, local Pastors and church officials, anyone in the area of the property with a nice house.

I spoke with a guy I grew up going to church with about the bids (he was a former contractor) and he also thought they were to high.

@Nick Bleser , my parents live in an RV and travel the country building churches.

@Michael Boyer; I WISH I could be making some of this up or churching up the hilarity of this trainwreck.

You get the deal before his wife even knows he’s selling.I once found a deal that I wholesaled to an investor in NC, the house was owned by a family that attended the same church as this investor, and the homeowners called ME from my postcard before they called him, even though they knew he was a full-time homebuyer.

Just to brainstorm in 10 seconds, here are some places I think:- Church bulletins- Bingo hall bulletins- Cafeteria bulletins- YMCA newsletter- Newspapers/Yellowpages (they're prob the only age group reading these at this point)- Senior Citizen mailing list

Get involved in other organizations, Rotary is a good one, church, any city business bunch, would be good.

Two of the biggest real estate investors are corporate entities: McDonald's Corp. and the Catholic Church. 

@Erin Church Thank you for your response! 

I bought 11 properties site unseen in one day from an investor who went to church with a friend of mine.