i usually tell them them that i have a cold and can't smell anything right now, i find that option works almost as well as calling local law enforcement as it's much nicer approach to the tenant.If you do wake up and find yourself behind a padlocked closet door, just remember that his lease expires at some point so he'll have to let you out eventually.Best of luck!

Cold calling How did you finance this deal?

He tells me he collects them from the garage & cages them because he doesn't want to kill them & it's still too cold to evict them into the winter weather.

Cold calls, or anything more aggressive like that?

Then locating the owner through skip tracing services and cold calling them to see if they want to sell. 

@Michael Totino you can use the following to find motivated sellers - Direct Mail, PPC, Facebook, SEO, Cold Calling, SMS Blast, RVM Blast, etc.Direct Mail and PPC can be expensive but you can get some good deals.Facebook can be hit and miss depending on your area.Cold Calling, SMS Blast, RVM are inexpensive and can be effective for someone with a limited budget to get started with.SEO is more long term strategy than some of the other but can be very effective in the long term. 

I have a comfortable job in Education in a very cold state, and I want to move to CA (for the warmer weather).

That's all gone now; hence most of the people reading this getting more junk mail and cold calls than ever in the past as these refi sweatshops try to do anything they can to keep the doors open.Mortgage industry is being culled as we speak, and will continue as rates continue to increase.

I’ve been making cold calls for over 2 years now, and still stay in touch with the owners I called during the first few months of starting.

Yea, I think I was a little cold, thanks @Christopher Brainard, I explained something like that after he became mad