Contacting local hunting/fishing guide companies to see if their clients may need a place to stay when they are hunting/fishing in the area.Would love to get a discussion going here about creative marketing strategies that others in seasonal locations have used...

I'm just looking for fish hooks that may be pertinent in the USA as I am a kiwi so not always au fait with some of the differences in the USA.

@Nick UhasWell, here's my observations/advice given what you shared:Unless your dad was a big fish and had operations that actually justified having 4 houses untouched and vacant that needed work, (I'd guess that to justify this level of stagnation, at any given time he'd need to be turning over 15-20 projects per year) - the takeaway from this fact was that your dad didn't have the understanding of cash flow/ value of money to motivate himself to get the projects done in the proper order (ie: finish one, then move on to the other etc).I mention this because you need to learn the lesson he did not, which is that you have holding costs on these houses and you need to get them done ASAP. 

I call this "Bank fishing." 

HI Lois, You might want to call him and ask him "What's Up" with this.Because LLC owners are not typically employees.If it swims like a fish, it just might by fishy.Be careful.Good Luck!

Frank, Your approach to try many marketing "fishing nets" is a good idea, as a wholesaler you want multiple ways to attract sellers.

The numbers were not that great but I went on a fishing expedition just with the numbers got some feedback.

I'm usually just fishing for a counter offer.

They were probably under the impression that you were the buyer and not expecting you to fish their property to other buyers.Before you put any house under contract have at least 2-3 exit strategies.

Bottom line is that if you hire a big company broker, ie .......you are a small fish and your property will be overlooked.