If you notice a property that looks vacant (unkept lawn, newspapers in driveway, yellow or white papers stuck to either windows or doors) jot down the address and look up the property in the county tax records and find out who the owners(s) is.

It's a free CRM application that allows you to track deals, conversations, leads, prospects and has native Android, iOS, web apps and has a sweet outlook and gmail plugins if you happen to use either of those for email.

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Newspaper AD’s I don’t personally use this one, I have clients who have had great success with it though.

Also - the newspaper will tell you a lot, or simply drive around and look for "for rent" signs.

Welcome Matt.I too am a Minnesota native that is looking to start investing in the Metro area.

I am use to cold calling out of my local newspaper and using online ads to attract my buyers.

I tried local newspaper ads, rent.com, and bulletins have never gotten any bang for the buck.

I have also had wonderful success with the local newspapers and an easy to remember and use web address directly to the house they are looking for might make it easier for them to see the property immediately.

I've had no success emailing Craigslist FSBO & FRBO and some other online FSBO websites.I am thinking of posting newspaper ads, using realtors or doing business in other geographic areas.