For example, houses where the homeowner needs help and may consider selling to me. 

How much to sell for?

Hi everyone,I'm in the process of purchasing a 5-bed, 3-bath home in Hesperia, CA, and I plan to rent it out by the room.

I’m local to SATX and in the process of expanding portfolio.

Or talked to owners of an existing one that looks like it is from the 90s to see if they would like to sell?

The court would not grant that, unless there has been provable, recent abuse of the bankruptcy process by that individual. 

My mom was shopping an estate sale when the owner told her he was planning on selling the property.

If you are the only one on title and the only person that can sell it, you have leverage to threaten to sell the place and that contractor gets nothing.

Cleveland is cash flow, we do build to rent in columbus urban infill where prices are the highest and land prices make sense. rents are good and on a DSCR can pull out cash and do again. easy scalable strategy and sell the portfolio eventually 1031 into something greater.

Save money for a decade, build equity in house…sell house and use savings + capital from sale to purchase house in Montgomery County MD.