But it can't be spoon fed.

This is pure BS, fantacy and not allowed per Dodd Frank at the Fed level and more restrictively the per State Safe Act (MORE RESTRICTIVELY per state every state may be different) with the Dodd Frank at 5 per rolling 12 mo and each states Safe Act which some are 0 (ZERO) some 3 some (??)

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As long as the home is in a stable, or growing market then the homes price should at minimum match the rate of inflation which is targeted at 2% annually by the Fed. 

Will you be cutting the grass?

Try and see if there is something that actually makes sense (Crime scene and the feds got the doors taped up) or what kind of information they can give, I would even try and ask why it has a value that is 75k over comps? 

Each year a handful of banks are shut down, so it is a yawner, but, a great big headline for sensational news.The Fed Funds rate is being raised on a regular basis, increasing the cost of debt for everyone including the cost of the Federal Debt.

Examples, no I do not plan to mow the grass, no I do not want to put utilities in my name, no I am not traveling with my own TV, towels, pots and pans and no I would prefer to not "show the house" while I am living AND working from it.

Take notes while driving on houses that are distressed.anything from high grass, overgrown shrubs, paint flaking, etc.Now go research direct mail, door knocking, door hangers, how to find the owner of the house, and yellow letters.

If the FED stays with their stance to raise FED funds rate in March and have 7 total hikes this year, I would project we would see a yield curve inversion.