The purchase prices are attractive, and they wouldn't be hard to cash-flow, but there are risks that come with that reward.

Or “this property is cabin-style which is more attractive than its drywall-based neighbor”.

When you show desperation you will not be attractive.

They think their house is worth more than the 3 most desperate realtors would price it at.They attract buyer's looking for a bargain price.There is no common ground.What they don't understand is that as a Buyer why would you not be represented by an agent: who listens to their needs, suggests neighborhoods, finds them the best lender, makes appointments, drives them around, takes them out for lunch, consults them and provides CMAs, writes up the offers, knows the best home inspector and coordinates the inspections, appraisals, works with lender and tirle company, negotiates repairs, reviews everything and makes sure all i's and t's are crossed and dotted, set's up closing and brings a bottle of wine - FOR FREE!

All without risking a dime of your own money.And the advice the other gentleman offered with respect to "SEO" and setting up a website-- you may well go ahead and do that, but good luck getting found easily and, also, trying to 'attract' "ma and pa" note sellers (which is most of what I chase) that way is tough because, in many cases (this is my experience and I've been at this 20 plus years) these note holders aren't very educated as to the type of asset they really own and have a limited or no understanding of their options (such as the ability to sell the note to generate cash).

You do need to show you are worth it, just like they have to show me how big their.. wallets are!

The high school my kids are zoned for was just ranked as one of the top schools in the country, which makes the area even more attractive.  

The East side seems like CoC opportunity may be better with rental comps right around the 1% of home value number, but not sure what the demand is like over there or what the appreciation opportunity will be.Smyrna/Marietta is attractive because of the schools, but again not sure what the appreciation opportunity will be given they are a bit more mature markets.

The East side seems like CoC opportunity may be better with rental comps right around the 1% of home value number, but not sure what the demand is like over there or what the appreciation opportunity will be.Smyrna/Marietta is attractive because of the schools, but again not sure what the appreciation opportunity will be given they are a bit more mature markets.

The Midwest has several attractive cash flow markets including Detroit, Indianapolis, Cleveland, and Chicago, and Kansas City.