I've been doing this for years.After a particularly nice conversation with someone, make notes on the back of their business card and when you get home, email that it was nice to meet them.

My starting questions so far are* If zoning allows multi-family, would I need any zoning approvals for a conversion?

and it ended in a circular conversation to nowhere.

Upon starting my research by entering the site in my browser to see if it was legit, low and behold this conversation pop-up!  

there's people out there who will fund downpayments for equity in the deal or a preferred return. hit up local meetups and facebook groups and have some conversations

I had this exact conversation with a borrower just a few hours ago, and it surprised us both.

When we start asking questions, and having friendly conversations they get it figured out.But hey...google knows everything. 

Let me know if you are willing to have a direct conversation and sync up. 

However, as we delved deeper into the project, we realized that a complete remodel would be more beneficial.

But, it is not some holy grail of great deals that will overflow your pipeline of possible purchases.So, if you are needing a deeper pipeline of deal flow, yes, auctions can be another place to look for deals.