also in the future this is what I do to see if I think a property is occuppied.1. drive by  2. knock on door.3. try to look in mail box if there is bunchs of mail thats an indicator.4. look at power meter if its running or not.5.

You just hear the knock it out of the park stories on YouTube and many forums...and of course if you go to a seminar selling you services and consulting and mentoring.Good luck and best wishes.

If you are young and have not collected kids, dogs, and commitments, I'd suggest putting your head down, delaying gratification, working your a$$ off (get a second job, drive for uber, deliver pizzas, buy a pressure washer and knock on doors asking to pressure wash driveways, etc.), living off of next to nothing, and looking up in 12 months to re-evaluate.

Im knocking the dust off this old post.

We recently bought and rehabbed a standalone Philadelphia townhome - the city knocked down the townhomes on either side about 5-6 years ago.

Would I be able to knock down and build a new home and once I sale, I use proceeds to pay off the first bank? 

I'm door-knocking pre-foreclosures and would like to expand my network of investors.

We normally try every form of communicating including door knocking and door postings

God forbid, knock on wood and you become motivated.The question is this.

Have a bookkeeper help you track the costs on your projects while your construction team knocks out the project, and compare both sets of information to check for inconsistencies.