I can then choose how I want to attack the list, whether direct mail, cold call, or hand-written letters. 

I'd have a panic attack if I was tiling a tub or shower drain.

@Kenneth Ziembo - Congratulations on your deal.I know its a bit late to this forum but I just posted a write up on my blog titled "Cold Call Paralysis – How I am Attacking It."  

She also has a game of bushwacking me, she hides and jumps out in attack mode as I pass by or runs to head me off at a better tactical position for another attack.

The beverage and automobile industries are famous for this type of variable attack and we should use it as well.

Hi, They should secure their dogs because if the dogs attack someone the can be sued.

Without a Quiet title Action, (a lawsuit) or a Quit Claim Deed from the former owner, most title companies will not issue title insurance, which means you can't sell the property or get the property refinanced.I have one now where the former owner purposely and intentionally abandoned the property in the 1990s and I can't get title insurance.The notice is the chief way that Tax Sales are attacked and they are very successful at attacking, you only have to look at court lawsuits to see that.There's a greater chance that you will get burned than there is that you'll make a ton of money. 

IF they are, taking out a chunk of money to pay down the first with the HELOC then attacking the HELOC balance and repeating will save you some interest.  

My current plan of attack is to buy and hold townhomes in the Raleigh area until I achieve enough cash flow to retire from my day job.

Hmm, what exactly is a viscous dog attack?