If something isn't selling, just go mow the weeds, stir the dirt up or take the property off the market, then put it back on a few months later. 

It takes some time sifting through the weeds but copy and paste makes it easy to reply with "...

Quote from @Cora Gilmore: Quote from @Russell Brazil: Quote from @Chris Seveney: @Russell BrazilWow but I am glad states are finally doing thisHopefully it weeds out 90% of the wholesalers who are really just peddlers I'm hoping at the very least it lightens the load on my email inbox.

We built such a great rapport it's almost like I can mess with a low ball offer if I wanted to since we are texting and calling etc.( she also trusted me with her crazy weed lab lol).

I personally have pretty much given up on references; it's an additional hoop for applicants to jump through, which can help weed out folks who aren't really that interested.

I grew up in it so have more than a passing knowledge of it.Oh also there is Lake Shastina out of Weed CA.then A developer his name escapes me Oh i got it Jeff Dennis. he bought large ranchs in CA  and called them R ranchs  and sold shares to the ranchs kind of like timeshare.. there are half a dozen of those and you will see those deeds go to foreclosure and tax sale sometimes.. there is one in Lake Berryessa.. one way up on the Klamath  river.

We weeded out the federal and state government and big timber concerns.. so basically all the private owners.. so from there he would type in the owners name and address.this took about a year and 50k or so paying for his wages and hotel rooms.Then once that data was collected I had my secretary run each lead through the reverse directory or phone book to get phone numbers.. we collect 95% of the leads phone number ( remember  this when EVERYONE had land lines) also rural areas always have landlines.  

One property had liens from the city mowing the lawn and cutting back weeds and the title insurance company reimbursed me for what I had to pay out.I haven't had any issues. 

See photos. 11/10/2010 – Listed for sale for $120,000 1/26/2011 – Re-listed for sale for $120,000. 2/11/2011 – Reduced price to $99,000. 3/28/2011 – Removed listing. 4/20/2011 – Listed with new broker at $120,000. 4/30/2012 – Cited for weeds.

The thing is, you need to talk about it with people, especially early on to weed out the people that will only hold you back.