Copper coated lead is my metal of choice.

Acquiring real estate this way is a numbers game, but if you can get thousands (or even tens of thousands) of marketing pieces to potentially motivated sellers, you'll get some great leads that turn into big bucks;2.

It could simply be that one of the short sale buyers had enough lead time to get the money together.On the other hand, it's annoying to think that someone gets to the front of the line by being dishonest, and every body involved looks the other way.

But, even then social media seems to be plays a bigger role and is something I an experimenting with even more.

And they're somewhat state specific because of certain statutes, such as CO detector requirements, lead paint disclosures, maximum time security deposit can be held, etc.

What would you suggest I look for in a lead that would work?

This might lead to a deal, you never know.

The only person that we have tracked down that may serve this role seems to be not of sound mind any more.

Never know as it could lead to money still for you.

If so you have lead based paint remediation issues which can be expensive.