Similar towns with many abandoned homes because most of he manufacturing jobs left town.

This allowed me to get some hands-on experience, build up my credibility (showed that I can find good deals) and my confidence which, in turn, benefitted me when it came to time to raise private money.I know fund all my deals using a mix of hard money, private money and/or seller financing (seller carryback or sub-2).By the way, prior to learning about REI, I was teaching science labs and working on my doctorate degree at UH (which I happily abandoned), so no REI experience at all. :)Good luck!

Given that you need to drive for dollars looking for abandon properties.  

One of my tenants up and left after hearing I was going to sell the house. I gave him 90 days notice since he had been a great tenant for the past 3 years. It turns out he left his truck in the driveway, which was get...

So you're saying that if I sneek into an abandoned building and live there, then the owner finds out, I actually have certains rights to stay there?

Also use your phone to take pictures and notes of any houses of interest like for rent, for sale, or particularly unkempt or possibly abandoned homes.There are several things you want to keep track of so that you really get to know the neighborhood well:1.

He abandoned the property, he says he paid the last month twice, I received no payment from him for last month, except for what was in escrow.  

I have some awesome properties that are abandoned but I'm not understanding how I can attain them.

You don’t want everyone moving to the city and abandoning hundreds of thousands of square miles in between.

You might consider posting the 3 day, mailing it, and posting and mailing a notice of abandonment.