I forgot to mention, you can combine the Purchase & Renovate with the Energy Efficient Mortgage (EEM) to add even more to your rehab budget (like Windows).

Both those investments were excellent, but not nearly the appreciation that the big cities have.I really do enjoy communicating back and forth with a very experienced investor like yourself.

These were situation where I managed to find their phone numbers in the public records, sites like yellowpages.com or spokeo.comThe challenge is the phone numbers found there is accurate only 10% of the time at best.Does anyone know of an efficient skip tracing system that is more accurate?

Worst part, they won't communicate with anyone but the buyer so as a seller that is well informed, they won't likely deal with you unless they are a very motivated seller. 

But it's also clear from the stories all over BP that achieving significant success requires a large amount of dedication, commitment, learning, patience, diligence, analytical skills, networking and communication skills, project management, and at least a small amount of luck along the way -- in other words, the same kind of things that lead to success in most fields.

I read an article from Business insiders: The American suburbs as we know them are dyingIt's very interesting and basically talks about how the Suburbs are changing, malls are becoming ghost towns, and Millennials are move to more urban and efficient living spaces in denser areas where walkability is a benefit.Of course if all of this is true, buying into major cities ahead of the migration of younger people seems like an excellent strategy.In fact, we see this all the time and contributes towards a process of gentrification.

I am looking for good and efficient strategies to find and connect with Cash Buyers.

What the bank is communicating does not sound right.

Consistent communication is an important trait of a reliable and experienced deal sponsor.

Sometimes they have one for switching fuels, and sometimes there is one for installing a more-efficient furnace.