Further more, some ideas to generate leads would be finding tired landlords, Send mailers to out of state land lords, Drive neighborhoods looking for vacant and abandoned homes, Talk to the mail carrier and other delivery people because they would know the empty houses in the area, Mailers to Landlords who own more than one property with back taxes, Mailers to Landlords who own tax delinquent multi-family properties, Place “We Buy houses” flyers/business cards at unemployment offices….a lot of people there could be having trouble with their homes and may need a solution, One-page Flyers posted on bulletin boards at large stores-get approval from manager though, Using Craigslist to find sellers, Send emails to craigslist ads with apartments for rent (the emails go to landlords who may be looking to sell, or buying more properties) Target people who have been transferred (job) and must sell NOW, Military transferees, Move-up buyers-People that need to sell and get a bigger house but feel stuck free & clear houses because they might sell with seller financing, Network with moving companies, Network with termite (WDO) and pest control companies, Network with real estate servicers – title companies, insurance agents, mortgage brokers and lenders – everybody knows someone in distress, Network with credit repair companies to assist their customers that must sell, Funeral homes and obituaries, Houses with boarded up doors and windows, Houses with blue tarps on the roof, Network at your local real estate investment or landlord association, Network with your sphere of influence - hand out your business cards to everyone you know- you may learn your neighbor has a friend that needs to sell a house etc.

If you AirBNB the basement, mail delivery won't matter. 

Private money specifically would be better than hard money as it tends to have lower interest rates and quicker closes relative to bigger "Hard Money Lenders" -Hedge Funds are just groups of investors in charge of delivery returns for their clients based on the money given to them by their clients.

A meter reader or a postal worker or the delivery guy at a pizza shop can tell you where vacant houses are.There are cases where you find a 24 unit apt building and only have a short list of buyers where you know it's a good deal, then you do some searching and find another buyer, then do the deal.

I'm curious about the method of delivery for fellow str investors rental agreement.

I had to deal with something similar when my tenant was supposed to be at the house for an appliance delivery, that he picked the date for.

Yeah I’m in the douglasville area I go to Augusta through out the week for deliveries on my trucking route which makes it alittle easier to be have boots on the ground

Keep the returned letter sealed in the envelope and print out the refusal to pick up status from the USPS website.Send the same notice with Delivery Confirmation. 

I think Thomas is right, although his delivery may seem a little cold at times.From what you described, she has been offered great tools to understand, but she doesn't have time or interest in them.

My initial research suggests truck/semi-trailer parking is also an issue for carriers and small operators -- both at home and at the terminal point of a long haul delivery.