, I don't want to run afoul of BP's strictly enforced spam rules for public forums and private messaging...but myself, as well as many of us that are active on BP, have a national focus.

The email address he responded with is an actual address (not one of those weird spam ones).

Most sellers will negotiate to appraisal price, since they risk leaving the deal to find a cash buyer or another buyer, with the gamble of a second appraisal coming in different.

Knowing what I know now, I probably took more gamble than I should have because I didn't have much in the way of cash reserves and the house definitely needed some fixing up. 

I have some many questions, but instead of spamming the forums, i decided to go with this universal question as a title.I am learning so much from this site about real estate investing.

In order of preference, they like Inheritance data ( ie, deceased spouse data), pre-delinquent data ( people who have 3 months or less to pay their tax bill), and the one thing I can not scrape, gambling debt data.  

Welcome to BP @David Gamble as you have learned there is very little small multi in Charlotte.

You might pull it off, and if you're a gambling man go for it, don't let us experienced folks stop you.

Smart investors don't gamble and they will abate. 

If you put an inspection requirement in a foreclosure they will not take your offer.I have bought a few foreclosures and can tell you it is a gamble, just make your offer low enough to deal with it.