Are you going to knock on doors or just scan the market?

@Bradley Austin you’re 160k apart and they knocked 5k off.

marketing for distressed assets were legal ( check your state laws) takes quite a bit of capital . or drive to the houses and knock on doors.. although you will find it will take at least 100 plus doors to get any kind of deal.. 

My tuition to the school of hard knocks. ;-)

MLS, realtor and inspection caught ungrounded copper wire, knocking $40K off the agreed upon price.

Another question, which I suppose I should have asked in the first place, do you knock on doors, or rely on marketing to bring a seller to you?

If only I had the resources I have now when I was 20 and able to work 18 hour days 6 days a week...You have plenty of time to make up any losses so spend as little as you can in order to save/invest as much as you can, work hard and invest defensively so no one bad outcome can knock you out of the game. 

He hasn't quite realized that he is too big to be a lap dog so occasionally those "hugs" literally knock me over.

My realtor scrambled, went out and rented some stuff, just a couple of items for spacial interpretation, and knocked it out of the park.

Find the complexes that have units that have sold in the price range and start door knocking or mailing the owners.