How easy those are depends on the sophistication of the County databases.

That's the perception.

But my card for sellers is simple, less sophisticated and straight to the point.

I do seem to get the perception that the rehab market in Orange County is somewhat dry, and that profitable and successful deals would be difficult to make in the current environment as a first time flipper/investor.

Their clients don't seem to be sophisticated (or accredited) investors.

Getting into a buy and hold with only $25k could be a problem too in CA, so you would have to venture into the desert cities combined with leverage or go out of state.Investing in a syndication may be tough because you would not be an accredited or sophisticated investor, potentially making you ineligible.I would learn what I could on rehab flipping and/or wholesaling, use that $25k as your skin in the game (after you get fully educated on how to) and build more capital from there.

I would like to know if sending yellow letters would be okay since these are smaller properties or should I send a more sophisticated typewritten letter?

My perception (and this can vary by neighborhood) is that in our area prices and rent start to diverge around the $130K-$150K mark.

Owners are sophisticated at this dollar figure and the ones who are not will end up in foreclosure.

The time expended on learning how to use such information, make relevant determinations, setting up a overly sophisticated system, the expense of buying it as well as maintaining it isn't worth the benefit compared to just inspecting a property.Yes, I'm over 50 years old.