I think everyone who knocks out-of-state for no good reason should drink more wine and chill out. ;)

It's a great idea and could go on for years until the police come knocking at your door charging you with down loading child porn.

Personally if I wanted to pursue this home I would go knock on the door, give the occupants malasadas and see if they’ll talk story with me so I can gauge how much trouble they’ll be and possibly even get them to invite me in (Gotta be careful with this, but Its worked for me in the past). 

Anyway, I got the bank to knock off $5k which will cover treating the termites and am moving forward with the deal.

Deals in KC can still be found but it's usually either luck (for mls) or bigger portfolios and knocking them down on price. 

@Justin Klinghagen Glad to hear you knocked out your first deal, and I appreciate your transparent feedback regarding the entire process!

You have to compete with people who are spending big bucks marketing to get the deals, unless you have lots of time to invest knocking on doors.

It may enroll you in the school of hard knocks.

Consider a weekend expense spread sheet:  electric sue, gas, water, trash (do you have pick up to your door, what day of the week as you can not leave it out all week some critter will knock it over, or pay a neighbor to drag it to a curb, your guests do not want to pack up their trash to take it home or have a cleaning service do it plus this cost on top of the mandatory trash service charge prorated over the use periods),  sewer or septic? 

I have seen lawyer broker got locked up hiring non-licensed people knocking doors on their behalf.