Recently an opportunity came by my desk that was very intriguing as I often am scouring the various platforms for deals.  

We work with a few realtors who scour the internet for us as well as find us off market deals.

Well, you can rent furniture, but the prices are pretty dear.My wife loves scouring FB market (so far the best), Craigs and I can kinda fix up stuff.  

As local investors who are on the ground scouring everyday we can sometimes find one here or there, as a long distance investor it would be very hard to find one without doing significant rehab. 

I also have about 70k in cash should I find something worthy of a cash offer.To begin with, can anyone point me in a good direction for finding a decent database of foreclosures and REOs without scouring bank websites or having to pay a membership fee?

I've scoured the county tax records and am planning on contacting the other owners to see if anyone is interested in selling.

I would take some time to scour the forums and blog here on BP to learn about the various strategies and figure out which one best suites your skillet, experience, personal situation, goals and financial situation.

As an experienced investor who routinely scours craigslist...

If you find anything else save some equity for me :-) We have pretty much scoured 02 for more deals for about a year now and they're getting very hard to find.

(Either by shopping at lowes/home depot or scouring craigslist for an even better deal on a new or nearly new item. 2) Contractor can't pad the price of a component over the amount he paid for it from his source 3) You get a better understanding of the level of materials there are in the marketplace so you know how to control your budget better ***caveat: its always easier of course to just have your contractor buy and install everything, but you pay a premium for that privilege.