Do some basic initial research then travel and spend time visiting and talk to the locals.

If you go to the link I put into my reply, it explains a little about it.Have fun, and keep us posted about your travels!

They want some cash to travel, remodel new home etc.

Once you find a vacant or nasty house in your travels you can find many different pieces of information but what I would say is the most important is the mailing address to where the taxes are being sent...Gather the mailing address and send them a mailer telling them how you can help them...

My background:I am an insurance property claims adjuster and have been working catastrophes for the past 7 yrs. which requires quite a bit of travel.

I'm located in the Riverside area of southern California and have traveled extensively over the area for the past 20 years or so as a service technician in hospitals and musician so I know the area pretty well.

My focus now,,,,,is travel!!

Either travel the world for a few months to let the market become a true market again(I hate the 8k).

He actually thinks Bernake is doing ok by bumping up rates as he believes it needs to be done.6) predicts more banks will close (i believe more than what have already closed) due to the commercial market going to heck7) listed some "unforseen" items such as another pandemic that would halt travel which would further crush resort destinations.While he said we were in for a tough 18-24 months, it really seemed like this would last longer as IMO everything he presented (minus the pandemic or terrorism) seemed to show that we have a lot of forces htat were converging to form (maybe not the perfect storm) but at least a fairly nasty one.Ted A- caught his presentation in Breckenridge on Friday.

Just a little about me (if anyone reads this), I'm from Massachusetts and have had a traveling engineering position since graduating college.