In my contract it states that the seller allows the buyer to market the property on the MLS, in periodicals, Newspaper, and with a for sale sign in the yard. 

I want to initiate an advertisement blitz in the fall via newspaper, radio, web, etc.

Instead of looking for lis pendens in the news paper, looking up county records online one by one....

When I started out I did do flyers and I did go door to door but not as random as your question suggest.First I got the list of homes in pre-foreclosure the city and or legal newspaper and I went to work looking through the records of who owed what – making educated guesses as to values in each area – then I mailed flyers and or went door to door knocking on those homes where I thought they had equity.I also would go to the auctions and keep track of what homes sold and figured someone bought them for a reason and I would go knocking on their doors.Did it work – sure – that is how I got my first few deals.

Check out the local newspaper and see how many in that area are for rent and what they are renting for.

Look on craigslist, the newspaper, and any other source for rental listings.

You can search Craigslist, local newspapers, take out wanted ads in the paper or put signs on the side of the road that say "we buy houses".

A lot of people have questions a long those lines about probate mailings and direct mail in generaalThis is what you should do....get the newspaper in your area and read the obituaries....and...no...Im jk....NEVER do thatThere is no direct science in determining when you should or should not mail.

The local newspaper in my city publishes the names of people that are requesting a divorce as well as divorces that were settled.

I read in the newspaper recently that when there are a few competitive offers on an reo with offer amounts in the same range that banks are inclined to sometimes go with the longest time period in which to close because their wheels turn so slowly.