But the actual answer is that it depends on the numbers.

Great thread - it actually inspired me to try changing some of my photos around.

I guess when you speak of skip tracing folks you just mean seeing if you find a contact to actually speak.

(they're actually starting to slightly pickup).

I have found that Redfin actually has pretty good search parameters to where you can look for listings that have been sitting a while that fit your buy box, and you can even do keyword searches for things like "as is", "investor", "seller financing", "guest house", etc. depending on what you are looking for.

Greg, I navigated the last two years the easy way--I haven't bought anything (actually haven't bought anything in 3 years). 

, is Freddie Mac my actual lender, what is the “secondary market”, Freddie & Fannie’s Mission, etc. 15.

Investing in real estate in actually starting, managing, and marketing a company. 

Actually we have divested 4 of our 8 Self storage locations to get into a better LTV position versus my view of the economic world.  

Apparently, the person I am under contract with was managing the estate of the actual owner who recently died.