Before I go looking at houses, thought I'd see if you've considered selling this place - less moving for me, [insert Joe's reasons here]."

I did a double take because I was thinking LAST monday of the month, but July and sept have 5 mondays in the month (insert Office Space joke here______).I like this idea, maybe a small expert presentation (10 minutes), followed by questions, followed by introductions and then pure networking with others who hold your interest?

Now insert virtually any professional trade.

Call the crimestoppers number and say you know (insert name) has several outstanding warrants for her arrest and she's living at (insert address).

My name is Bryan Gay and I am from southeastern Kentucky.  I'm not sure I would say I have much of a background in Real Estate, I kind of accidentally got into it when I purchased a new home and decided not to sell my...

You'll find things like properties that have liens attached greater than the value of the property, vacant lots in the middle of nowhere, houses in Detroit (or insert other wasteland city here) where the repairs easily exceed the ARV of the property.

The light bulb moment here is that in so many of these cases, you just need a good financial calculator or Excel spreadsheet with the TVM formulas to insert what you KNOW (present value, interest, time, future value, and/or payment amount) in order to get back what you don't YET know.

Google 'skip trace' and insert your area after that.

I know that they can be costly for commercial appraisals but this may cover your butt.Another thought, insert a clause into the seller-carry-back note that at the end of 5 years when it balloons, if the property does not appraise for high enough to be reasonably refinanced, the seller agrees to carry the note for an additional 5 years (maybe give them an interest rate bump option at this point if they balk at the clause).  

Its no different than "I'm not a racist but <insert race you don't like> are just <insert asinine reason you don't like them>."