I can see everything on the multiple listing service, and I need to find deals that are NOT on the market.I have seen the videos / pod casts / heard the techniques for finding a fixer:-driving for dollars, pre-foreclosures, real estate clubs, sending mailers, lead generation website, etc.In your experiences, what has been the best and easier way to find a fixer (not on the market) to flip? 

Meaning you will need to own them for a few months before you can even close them.So these types of deals you should only be doing if you have funds to hold onto properties.In your case I would suggest working with techniques that would put you directly with owners.If you need more help just PM directly...Peter 

@Scott Galloway Right now mostly online, searching purple bricks and  what not, I havent started with the various other marketing techniques like mailing list or bandit signs.

You do your thing, build your rental empire one inexorable step after another, don't let anyone take it away from you.If Wesley's quick explanation of how to build porch stairs for peanuts out of pressure-treated lumber seems a bit abbreviated, I think there's an episode of Ask This Old House that lays out the exact toe-clearance cut technique he mentions, very well done.

With the training techniques you are learning Try it, Fail Fast, Get Feedback from a qualified person, and Try it again until you nail it.

They are still very effective if done correctly.1) Make sure you have a quality list - VERY important2) Send out creative postcards that get their attention3) Send people to a personalized landing page that talks specifically about their house (or at least mentions their name and address on it)These techniques can dramatically improve your response rates.

I might add "contract for deed" technique to my arsenal in acquiring residential properties to flip in Mo.Thanks for your valuable input.I appreciate it:))

I talked to him yesterday, he said he had a couple of people take a look at the home, but nothing solid.I know I need to build rapport with the seller and Lonnie talks about using the Squirrel dog technique, but I would like to knowwhat are some techniques the rest of you are using to present your offers and get the price you want?

the disruption Is in sales and marketing techniques .. not in replacing agents with robots.

More than likely you'd need a no ratio or no income type of loan for that.Other investors use more creative techniques like having the property seller carry the financing or even having them quit claim the property over to their name and the investor takes over making payments.