This is an undesirable heating option here in the Pacific Northwest and I’m looking for the most cost efficient way to provide an alternative.

One problem that took me YEARS to learn was that a fixed up building in a bad/undesirable area of town is just not worth very much. 

Could be subsidized financing by Invest Atlanta, a few ugly houses on the same block, undesirable historic features like a shared drive, drug deal next door ...

The last thing a busy single mom needs is to deal with property/tenant issues in undesirable neighborhoods. 

What type of things makes a FSBO undesireable to work with?

and could make the model undesirable.

A place where I see good money to be made is in houses that are undesirable because they are really weird but can be made unweird easily. 

Areas that have traditionally been undesirable are transitioning.

Scott Scheel mentions that for bigger properties it is tough to get a good deal in markets that are already showing good indications of future growth (either already in the process of growing, or showing the "obvious" increases in population/job growth) He says the best deals are frequently found in weak or even declining markets where you have much better leverage with sellers.This is a risky proposition because real estate trends seem to last quite a while, but if timed correctly an investor can do much better than average by getting in early before the rest of the herd does.Do you guys have any ideas of how to anticipate a potential turnaround area before the census data refects it (IMO this data is a beacon to RE investors) I have a couple ideas I think may be worth looking into:-Projected inflow of large, new employer-New transportation artery-Unaccounted change (in census data) of demographics (undesirables moving out, nicer crowd moving in)-Perhaps a well structured conversation with someone at the economic planning department to find out how close to fruition some upcoming changes are taking place.

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.