I've tried the door knocking method with no success.

My property was vacant, and though I lived in another house on the property, the only thing that alerted me to a scam was when one of the prospects came knocking on my door asking about the front property.  

Preforeclosures are hard to come by.I am still trying to get my first deal.I work fulltime for low pay, so dont have the money to invest in systems or mail campaigns.What I do is find my leads through Zillow, auction.com ane from free ads I place on CL.Then I door knock.

I refinanced it a few months ago into a 15 yr and knocked the PMI - (they appraised it for $175k).

Knock on the door?  

Im doing so much reading and watching videos on rei and i just feel lost.. it seems that everyone has money and the perfect line of credit or some giving them a big lump sum of money.. but me im working a part time job trying to save every penny i get and cant do that because im up to my neck in bills.. i know when theres a will theres a way but i feel like im knocking on a door with no answer.. feeling lost and out of options... but i will keep trying until something happens... any advice

If you want some war stories on the matter, just ask @Jay Hinrichs ... from what I've heard him say, he has a PHD from the school of hard knocks on the subject :)

I want to be done with these tenants so I don't want them knocking on the door 30 days from now asking for their potted plants and stuff back.

After a day of door knocking I just placed a pre-foreclosure townhouse under contract as a Sub 2 purchase. 

@Kitty JedraDirect mail is actually a series of 7 different mailings.Have a buddy who walks a targeted neighborhood door knocking on doors speaking to residents on behalf of the local politician.