Not knocking Detroit, but if BP headquarters move there, I think I'll respectfully opt to work remotely.

The current squatter living in this property knocked on my door the other morning to inform me that he's moving out for 'cash for keys' that the bank has offered him to get out, and told me that the house will be going up for auction and that the balance on the loan was only $35k ... so he said I should buy it basically and fix it up like I did my current house.So after giving this some thought, I figured i'd double check his claims against the docs at the county recorders office, and found that there might be an even better opportunity available here.

I lived in the property and didn't want my door being knocked on every five minutes.

And if thats the case, then unfortunately, I think they basically only have a couple of options if they want to sell.1) Knock down the portion of the garage thats illegal and re-build it so that its legal.2) Knock down the entire garage.Because I don't see any way they're going to get a buyer on a house where the garage isn't on the subject property unless the buyer is willing to pay all cash.

Now that you have your list, go to the houses and knock on their doors.

Jeremy,I agree with @Elizabeth C. that you will only get the property taxes knocked down for a year or two.  

Another thing is you do need money for marketing, whether it be yellow letters, postcards, bandit signs, flyers, or gas for your car to go knocking on doors.  

Well, not to knock females at all.  

Just knock on the door? 

In fact, most of them are sending me MLS listed properties which is indicative of either the difficulty in finding real deals or their lack of marketing.As an example of just how crazy the market is near where I live (Beverly Hills, Miracle Mile, Beverly Grove area),  my wife Catherine instagramed this photo the other day while she was door-knocking her farm.If I were to get into wholesaling, I would focus on more economically depressed areas with decent turnover (among many many other factors).