The key is to keep at it consistently.

drivers who see your sign sure will.A side benefit, if you have other properties nearby you can put a sign up to generate additional leads for those properties with less traffic.

Additionally, you can ask your title company or attorney to collect the keys as they too have a responsibility to pass possession to you.Someone staying in your house can be done by anyone short sale or not.

That would be my biggest concern.The last time I had a rehab in the hood I had a handyman with a key to the property check on it almost every night.I'm not against it especially if there is profit to be made but as always manage your risk.

Most turn key sellers these days advertise zero for all of these items.

David - You make one assumption in your post and really in your follow ups and that is that turn-key companies ignore those costs.

The CA owner paid $540k in 2006, put about $100k into the property (and it still had a lot of issues) before handing the keys back to the bank.

This is a key skill you will want to develop if you wanna play in the rehab market.

Time = money so offering cash for keys is essential for us.

Antonio,Follow the above advice and you should be able to come up with comps, listed or not does not affect the process.When working solo, especially as a newbie having on intimate knowledge of your area of operation (like Jake mentioned) is key in being confident in comps and knowing what is and is not a deal.