We may want to knock down or open up a wall or two as well. 

We may want to knock down or open up a wall or two as well.

In conducting due diligence, has anyone actually take the chance of knocking on the door of an occupied residence that is slated to be sold?  

@Dion DePaoli  I think Dion has some specific reasons why he does not buy these or recommend them. maybe we can get him to chime in.. the only reason i was able to buy the one I got is because we door knocked it.. just happened to be a contract for deed situation.and when I was talking to the Bene of the contract of deed  ( local PDX RE attorney ) he informed me in Oregon you can do a strict foreclosure that is not handled like a judicial or DT foreclosure.. however in this instance he had started a judicial because there were many code violation liens and other liens against the current owner that needed to get wiped off.. 

One occupant finally contacted our attorney, only to tell him to stop sending the PI out there because 'he was knocking on the windows & waking them up'!!!

In NY different boroughs and locations can really be different animals when it comes to getting listings.But getting Listings 101 is:-Door-knocking-Cold-calling-Sphere of Influence-Farming-Direct Mail-Networking-Home owner association meetingsEtc....

@David Faulkner and @Josh Braun I am currently D4$ now but I haven't tried door knocking.

If you want to write lowball offers all day long, get licensed and knock yourself out.

Good quality work and fast if you looking for your own personal contractor I'm up for grabs I have a crew there are masters of all traits with 10 years and more of experience I'm a type of person then don't go around picking up jobs I get one job and knock it out and then go to the next one I'm here to save you money and to make you money is this the person you're looking for will it me looking forward to make a difference thank you

And I guarantee your repairs/maintenance/capex/miscellaneous will knock out this $1k.If you're talking multis, then obviously you'd probably be getting better cash flow and therefore higher taxable income.Anyway, would you mind sharing your back-of-the-napkin calculation so perhaps we could see how you're arriving at your numbers?