They have just a few dozen spots each year.

I came across the the following interesting articles (note - the author paints a bleak picture of economic environment).Interesting article about how banks are doing sub-primes loans again:http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-22/mortgage-standards-are-plunging-%E2%80%93-it%E2%80%99s-muppet-fleecing-time-all-over-againAn article showing the decline in existing home sales (except for the rich):http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-22/spot-massive-depression-and-tiny-recovery-existing-home-sales-chartWhat are peoples thoughts?

Home owners current and past would be public record or services that spider crawl public record.

Also, let me put out a spot for landlordlocks.com I know the operator of that company (Ernie), and he is incredibly sharp and may have some other ideas for you.

My version is: 1. sign shaker not a money maker, spend what you would pay them on something else. 2. bird dogs, yes use them but people in key spots that can give you potential leads, I don't like to train a bird dog only to have them become a wholesaler using my material and methods if they are any good. 3.Bandit signs I like but if your in a strict area, it is easy enough to make them legal and out of the reach of the sign police. 4.

One of my weakest spots is in doing repair estimation and really needed some eyes on with someone that had experience.Find local lendersI was skeptical at first.

Yes with additional 4% in selling costs - you are spot on with $680K number.

Investors find the sweet spot for just the right about of quality for the area.

This is a standard method of construction for the time of construction.An inspection of the north foundation wall from the crawl area revealed large, fairly horizontal cracking/distress along the length of the wall and vertical cracking in the NW and NE corners.

@Alecia Prigmore, with 9 months of runway, you should be in a great spot depending on your saving habits.