That's how you make money in pre foreclosure world but the laws changed in our states so you have to be pretty cautious how you do these and it was those changes that led to me abandoned this method of buying property.. but early in the process like mentioned above it was rare to be able to buy those.. remember your not the only one trolling these someone with a notice of default is going to get no less than 200 or so yellow letters and hammered by real estate agents for a listing.Along with the fact that they have probably lived in the house for a year or more for free.. so that motivation Is down the line.. and forget about fixing their credit at this point its trashed.. 

I'd love to hear some opinions, especially from realtors who walk staged and unstaged houses with clients regularly or flippers/sellers who have tried this method.

There seems to be a lot of information about what kind of property is better for investing, what methods should be used, what the numbers should be, and the such but I'm having a hard time finding information about what things to look out for when at the property (or looking at pictures on the sites) and what questions should be asked of the agent/owner?

I wouldnt go further than North East before I've explored those two markets thoroughly frankly.

I want to know if using a heloc would be a good method to purchasing a rental property.

I'm very interested in acquiring my first rental property and apply the brrrr method.

@Betseat Getachew - If you will explore a little outside of your target area of Dallas and consider Tarrant County as well, you will get much more for your money (Dallas/Tarrant border each other).

I followed the Dave Ramsey method for about 75% of the journey.

Sooooo came across this method a few months ago. wanted to get some feed back.

When we're talking about efiling vs using the USPS, we're talking about method of transmission.If it makes you feel better to paper file your return, by all means do so.