In addition - for our brand, we're developing technology in-house that allows us to screen renters based on a number of factors that keeps undesirable guests out (or less likely to sneak in) reducing overall cost-of-ownership. 

-------We once bought an 8-plex that was occupied by some undesirable tenants (a stripper who had frequent late night "guests", pit bulls in two units, a single mom who couldn't afford the rent, smokers, and a guy who had lots of cats).

I realize this question is only peripherally related to real estate.  

Shreveport can go from desirable to undesirable in the space of two blocks.  

The daily deal mls searching and reading about other strategies to invest for passive income is causing some undesirable stress in my life.

There are many out there that you can google, but remember there all going to have undesirable fee's and high rate's so you may not have much of a choice. 

Just remember that you are marketing "to" not marketing "with".Beyond your plan above, suggest you consider two things beyond the obvious probate process and documents required to transfer real property:Learn to filter your records and be able to scrub the undesirables both up front and during successive mailings as well as a way to identify the high probability records for possible different treatment.Have a Lead sheet ready for all callers so that you can have a productive conversation.

When you have houses on busy streets, or with steep driveways, etc ... you cannot lose if you (a) buy the property for a lower price than you normally would (as inherently the property value is lower because of the undesirable situation), and (b) you have slightly lower than market rent - you'll always have someone willing to rent the place for a couple hundred bucks less that will just "deal" with the inconvenient driveway.

The undesirable aspects is the work that needs to go into it, and perhaps the location since its in what you'll consider a remote area.

Do you buy a property based solely on numbers or does the location play a part ... even if the numbers are good.I found a duplex in an undesirable community that I never even thought about.