I have a steady salaried income and have spent a lot of time driving for dollars and running numbers in the Mooresville, NC and Charlotte, NC market ( any rental owners in the area, realtors, property management please feel free to message...  

Weekly Meeting Pulses are one of the driving points of success from that book. 

With that said, beyond people stumbling upon your VRBO/Airbnb listing, driving traffic to your page is tough and something I will be working to improve. 

I’ve heard theories ranging from hedge funds restricting supply to drive up prices and talk of shadow inventory waiting in the wings for foreclosures to start again.

As far as it tearing up the front end of the car, that seems unlikely if they are driving over it at a slow speed.Bottom line, that drive way was in that condition when they rented the property.

Let's say I get a motivated seller via drive-for-dollars, do I use a realtor to actually arrange the purchase? 

I am making a trip to my old stomping grounds Sunday (and plan on making many more this summer as we drive for dollars), so any advice is appreciated!

But your absolutely correct there are defiantly certain cultural aspects and that will drive some sellers to think they are in control or getting more money but we all know that selling through a wholesaler Rarely if ever is going to get the seller top dollar especially in this market. 

It's not that hard if you are in driving distance.

I've been walking and driving for dollars in a few neighbouring cities, and identified some addresses I think could be deal prospects.