My state is a non judicial state so you can place an offer on a house before it goes to auction because techinally the seller still "owns" the house.

@Robert Naucke JrTell him you will sign a simple non-disclosure.

So my question is what approach you would take to finding non-builders (i.e. investors) to sell the contract to? 

Due to the unique vacation rental market, non-water front properties don't get the same attention, because most of the vacation rental owners are out of state.  

I would insist on either higher than market rent, a non refundable option fee, or a higher than current market price for the purchase option.

But I've always done turnkey, but lots of folks at the meetup do it non-turnkey.

You want to avoid publications that have a vested interest in people wanting to buy in the market they are talking about, and you also want to avoid larger publications because it is unlikely they have fully done their research. 

So it is not possible to get one on non residential property. 

When my realtor looked at the public record, he says the county deed only has the trust name but not my partner name. 

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