If not sometimes just the good old door knocking and asking can work. 

The seller knocked ~10% off the price but the numbers still didn't add up when the work involved was considered.

Drove by different times of day and night, knocked on the door, more research, title search and finally entry to the court house to purchase.

He suggested I go knock on the door, I didn’t.

That way you could get a few properties under your belt with this business model, knock off all the dust, build the processes and infrastructure to run it well, and then go to the market to raise capital with experience from the first few properties. 

Some mentees will act as a bloodhound for the mentor, knocking on doors, driving for dollars, scouring the internet, making cold calls, or performing other services that help the mentor find new deals.

No one will tell you when to show up, when to make phone calls, when to knock doors. 

With the acquisition of Knock last week, RealPage has internalized their CRM services for their PMS but how will this affect Knock users that have AppFolio, Yardi and other PMS softwares as their main system?

Find out exactly how they door knocked or put up notices and if they spoke with her or saw her.

Some mentees will act as a bloodhound for the mentor, knocking on doors, driving for dollars, scouring the internet, making cold calls, or performing other services that help the mentor find new deals.