Maybe I got lucky or maybe I'm recommending my brother-in-law.I'd rather give objective criteria that helps the individual screen whomever they decide to look at.

The Distribution is for an individual who owns the IRA. 

When looking deeper into the county records, it shows that the property is owned by a Realty company, not an individual.

I have a 10 page spreadsheet calculator I run on every individual deal I'm analyzing.

Also, some departments have to be reached out to individually for fee information.

A 10 unit owned and operated by an individual....yeah... doesnt matter if its in spectacular shape, and the owner is loaded.. their motivated to sell. 

I found one called ( Rainbow Knolls) old subdivision platted in the 20s but because it was under one common ownership  ( 104 lots) assessor on the assessors plat map showed it as a 15 acre tract.. we made an offer like it was one building lot.. then we got our HML to put 104 individual loans on each lot to the tune of 3k per lot we used that 300k to build all the roads and infrastructure.. we recorded each loan individually which caused the assessor to reestablish the plat. without having to go through the platting and land use .. planners did not like it I can tell you.. but now a days out west this is quite common and there are easier ways to do this.. in Oregon for instance they call it a lot confirmation.. there are all sorts of shadow lots lying underneath lots in the city.. takes 60 days and a few hundred bucks and a current survey and you can split lots as long as there is a shadow plat that was recorded back around the turn of the century. 

The closer to 1%, the better, and higher is even better, but you still want to run numbers on individual properties. 

I'm happy doing calls to anyone on the ground, but not sure what's the appropriate cadence for someone out of state.I'm actually flying to meet with various individuals to hopefully create a team - would definitely like to create a long term relationship, as I may also potentially move to that location eventually.Appreciate these good questions...they have me thinking!

I find many like minded individuals and potential partners this way. you need to put yourself out there to find the folks you are interested in meetings. not all meetups are great but continue to search and find the good ones in your area.