I'm in my 60s and to me a lot of cellphones sound like the Mercury astronauts talking to mission control - REALLY bad!

I'm on a mission!

hi enrique. there are several ways to find flip houses. i do a lot of driving around and looking. even when i am not necessarily on a real estate mission, i look around. in summer, look for the houses with high grass, papers piled up on porches, and a general look of " not lived in". go to www.hud.gov. this is the website for the hud houses for sale. one good rule of thumb is that where there is one house abandoned, there is another. go look at each house on this list. then drive around the neighborhood. my bet is that you will find another one in the same neighborhood. go to you local municipality. ask them if they keep a record of houses that are vacant in the area. then go look at those houses. finding the owners to abandoned houses can be tricky, but not impossible. i an doing a flip house in buffalo, ny right now, i can tell you of 4 houses in the same neighborhood right now, that are NOT listed on the MLS. keep one thing in mind......" your best deals are the ones not listed".

I am in Mission Viejo and can get together at my local Starbucks.

My mission units are -3-5%, and Bayview is not down at all, but flat.

Mission accomplished.  

Part of our mission statement is to serve our residents through safe/clean housing.

@Nicholas White by the way, my main office is on Miami Beach and I can tell you that a "flip" on Miami Beach right now is a suicide mission you are absolutely right...I would overpay for a 24 unit in Charlotte (though still a little pricey these days) than buy anything on the beach. 

So far so good and I plan on continuing to purchase turnkey properties for cash flow purposes.Having said that, I am looking into purchasing a primary residence for my family and I in Southern California in a year or two – specifically in Orange County (Irvine, Tustin, Mission Viejo, etc.) or San Diego (Poway, Carlsbad, etc.)

He got lucky because I had accomplished my mission early that year and had a lot of free time to show him the rope.Don't give up.