All it takes is time.I ran across a fire-damaged property in my regular travels one day, found the owner and asked if he wanted to sell it, and to my utter shock he said “Yes.”

Sometimes it might seem like overkill but if you had any idea how much junk comes through the forums on a daily basis that posters never see because of moderator diligence you'd be shocked.

I wouldn't bother with it except that I'm always hearing shocking figures about population growth in local news sources (Austin is growing by xx people per month), so I presume someone has more recent figures on this somewhere. 

If you make 100 offers and get one deal every no is just one more no closer to that 100th offer that makes you a mint.Hell I made 2 weird offers this week to lease purchase 2 different sets of rental houses and shockingly both seemed to be on board with the idea.

You’d be shocked by how little actual screening many PMC’s do!

I'm shocked everyone else seems to like it so much as I haven't seen anybody else have a problem with it....... 

They may be new wholesalers I'm just shocked if people are actually buying these deals.

@Colin Wood - firstly, let me also extend my welcome to the real estate investment community in the Puget Sound region.Secondly, I would prepare yourself for some sticker shock when looking at Seattle multifamily properties.

All investors that fly in are so shocked because they are expecting to see some 3rd World type of living.

Quite the shock when the quarterly bill is 3X or more than what it has been in the past and really kills your profits.