I have a pre-approval letter for the amount I'd need. 

And make sure your ARV is for that neighborhood, not three blocks away because a B area transitions to a C area pretty quickly.

The bay front area (5 blocks from Gannon is getting better and better.  

On her phone came a new MLS listed foreclosure alert which happened to be 1 block from where we were and by the end of the day I was in my first "highest and best" showdown. 

A little more info:I have since wrote a letter to my RE agent so she could forward to their listing agent and in that letter I offered to accommodate them in any way to be able for them to make the closing. 

So many investors are used to sending out postcards, yellow letters, working the MLS or door knocking for one deal from one source.

Once I looked it up, I seen it was in an estate so I sent one of my famous we buy house letters to the people on the deed representing the estate. 

Don't just depend on postcards and letters; this is something the GURUS do not tell you.

Hello Everyone, I recently moved to Racine Wisconsin with my business partners and we wrote a few letters to some homeowners of abandoned properties.

Apparently VRBO / HomeAway is no longer allowing you to use your shared Google Calendar to block dates on your booking calendar "because many calendars from this site include personal events".