Signs to look out for include empty lots, newspapers piling on the driveway, rundown property, a neglected front lawn, and For Sale by Owner (FSBO) signs.2.

After taking professional consultations and relevant studies, my focus is Wholesaling, and later on buy & hold and some fix & flips (mostly SFHs but not exclusive).My area of focus now is Huntsville & Birmingham, AL.I am planning to deploy several techniques and channels to generate leads and make many calls and text messages.I'd appreciate any tips such best zip codes in Huntsville and Birmingham suited to look for such deals, or what are the worst (high crime areas) that I should stay away from ?

Obviously we will negotiate a listing fee that would be a win-win....I also take as a given that that same investor owes me no specific loyalty or obligation to always use me....and in fact, will probably use other agents to list properties that came their way via those other agents.Investors generally love working with agents that can find them deals - we agents love working with investors who are on the move and actively buying - and that often will lead to relationships that are pretty constant - although not exclusive in any way.

Other states are much more restrictive…for example, Maryland law requires the security deposit be held in a federally-insured financial institution in an account exclusively for security deposits, and the account must be interest-bearing.  

We love it and we have now done cash-out refinances on our LTRs and have pivoted into exclusively STRs.

If you elect to sell, that will determine if you can take full advantage of the Section 121 exclusion (excludes the profit of the home sale from taxes).3.  

In that case, I think the IRS allows the sec121 exclusion to be taken ($250k a capital gains is excluded from taxation or $500k if married). 

One way to contact owners is to look up rental ads on Zillow, Craigslist, Apartment.com, or in newspapers.

., the seller signs an exclusive listing agreement to pay the listing brokerage X% of the sales price.

A reporter from a national newspaper that you've all definitely heard of reached out with some questions for me.