Again, without something creative, you'll need to offer at least what is owed against the property.Yes, if this owner is "wacked up enough" and the property is free and clear, perhaps you can get away with offering the current owner $75k and nothing or several grand. 

What they got was just that, with a bonus five grand that they did not ask for, expect, see coming, or even know to hope for.

Grand up stuff in LA County, probably about $250 PPSF. 

I used to use mytracks then switched to birddogg (I think it was called) after a while I created an app through my small team that monitors my sites and crm it took like 3 weeks and cost a few grand, worked well had all the features of mytracks mixed with birddog but eventually I just found mailing to everyone with equity in the area worked best and scrubbing the list with the usps vacant house database worked way easier. 

Saw a similar deal like this in Texas a year or two ago.  Lots in development, but no water.  Local water source can't add meters/taps.  Doesn't have enough money to drill deeper well.  Water restrictions for existing...

@Matt Groth your from grand Marais?

I think the Midwest more the Ohio Indiana Michigan etc area is do for a comeback around cities just because  those cities are so cheap while having walkability, pro sports museum’s etc  (Columbus was just names hottest market in the county and Grand Rapids, Fort Wayne, buffalo and Rochester are always high on those lists) I also think walkable small towns near something interesting (Water, Mountains Jobs etc) could make a comeback for the same reasons as above walkable and affordable. 

In my duplex I currently have $330k in equity and my triplex I have $270k in equity and my single family airbnb I have $175k in equity.My duplex cash flowed just over $20 grand last year, my triplex $11k and my airbnb I only listed in July last year and did roughly $1k/month.

I'm an investor-friendly realtor working with people wanting to invest in West Michigan, especially Grand Rapids, Holland and Muskegon and other nearby towns.

As an FYI you can invest in Grand Bahama island and don’t have a lot of issues to go through and it’s tax freeHappy hunting Tony