So, over the last 6 weeks I've sent out about 1,150 mail pieces (not that high, I know, but we'll get there), and I've gotten about 25 pieces back. 5 are probate leads that I would like to track down, about 15 are postcards (weighing the cost and time of tracking leads for this prospect group), and a few are driving for dollars leads. 

I bought a couple of lots in a tax-deed auction, and when I went to sell them a year and a half later, I found that all the title companies I called have new policies that require a person to hold the property for 3-5 years or more before the title was regarded as clear.

After he left we had a proper electrician and a great plumber come out and look at the work and turns out that everything that the previous GC had done is not to code and all had to be pulled out.

Yes more appreciation and as it is it's so hard to own a RE in SF, Bay Area. 

We have purchased a 16 unit and a 281 unit mom and pop.Gino

Welcome to BP @Jake Brown We have a lot of discussions about tax liens here and a number of experts on the subject.

Hey John, I live in Saxonburg and will be closing on a 4 plex next week, bring my total units to 11 in about a 2 and a half year period.  

To state the obvious, it's not like in Australia where you can approach almost any bank with a good borrowing capacity and a small deposit and buy a property almost anywhere in Australia.

It's a bit of suburb and a bit of rural.  

When people know that you are successful and a good risk, that is when they will lend money to you.