I am driving for dollars on Monday so I can drive byJust so you know I am not looking to "get a deal" I am still learning so this would be great experience for me. 

I'm wholesaling, and I'm driving for dollars.

I would enjoy hearing your feedback and recommendations for future  learning and growth opportunities.

I currently haven't started a mailing campaign of any sort but have been using social media to advertise, bandit signs, and mostly driving for dollars.

Investing is not up or down market specific, strategies are up or down market specific.Research areas can be based on cap rates, purchase prices, rents, other investors in the market, neighborhoods, crime, business growth, population growth, business journals, even some great data resources from large companies like Marcus and Millichap.

Check the title - (liens etc-  watch out for IRS liens), drive by and see if people still live there.

As far as Lee and Charlotte Counties go, it seems that most people that are still underwater are underwater because they've stacked HELOCs or second mortgages on some properties or they've simply stopped paying years ago so their banks have levied heavy fees, fines, etc. on top of unpaid principle.On the appraisal side of my work, I have lender clients who have ordered drive-by appraisals for pre-foreclosure properties since 2012.

A drive by appraisal I had done has been disputed because  the house is a 2 bed but the comps are for 3 beds.Appraiser said he assumed 3 bed because I didn't tell him how many bedrooms were in the house, I say he should and could have found out himself or asked me instead of assuming.It's 30 days since the appraisal was done. 

It seems like there's good opportunity in all of the markets I mentioned but I especially like Comal & Hays County because of that Austin-San Antonio growth corridor I keep reading about!

Not having your phone calls or offers responses to drives me insane.