Bonus if a crude for rent sign is in the window or taped to the buildings.I also call for rent ads in print.

I have read books on it and have seen tapes and videos.

In California, Arizona, and Georgia for example, hedge funds like Blackstone have been able to purchase large tapes of single family homes, which otherwise would have been pieced out to small groups of real estate investors.The heightened competition in these U.S. markets has forced many real estate investors into other markets, which has then triggered increased competition in markets not targeted by hedge funds.

Notice the grey stuff...it's duct tape. 

It'll be a vinyl, asphalt and chipboard bonanza and it'll take as much forest as was burnt to frame it all up again.

I'm a mailman as my day job and I've been listening to business books on tape for quite awhile.

They're a pleasure to work with and remove most red tape. 

We have gotten great deals, but there is definite sweat equity through dealing with the red tape! 

Now that trash cleanup is about done and I have a place to crash while I'm working there, next goals are getting asphalt millings on the road, and roofs/siding/windows/doors.

Depending on who your lender is and how good their underwriters are you could run into delays and red tape.