I like the technique you used with driving around looking for distressed properties then sending them a hand written letter.

@Sharad M.If you own some free and clear or even have significant equity, you need to really look at the use of proper equity stripping techniques as well.

The classic Internet marketing technique is to send out a mass, once a month email with some (presumably) useful tidbits to keep your name top of mind so that when they are ready to, in our case, sell their house, they call you.  

It can get a bit complicated here.My team and I spend considerable time helping our Apprentices decide the best course of action once the offer comes in.If you do this technique wrong, at worst, you can get into big trouble with the real estate commission (and perhaps invite lawsuits from sellers and agents as well) and at best, you will get cut out of the deal and basically help the seller make a ton more money. 

They could make sense if you trust their lead generation techniques and that you're getting your cut of the leads.  

@Al Anderson Im perfectly fine using the "lame" and "low-end" marketing techniques!  

Was wondering what avenues(techniques) to obtaining properties through wholesale with zero money involved?

Can anyone help me by providing their techniques of market analysis? 

This was our only form of marketing for about two weeks but we have since bought the "Bigger Pockets' Book on Managing Rental Properties" and have thus improved our marketing techniques.

Upon inspection it was evident that the property was a flip implementing incredibly poor construction techniques and materials.