If it's a hot lead I like to touch them one way or another at least a couple times a month until they want to do business with me, or tell me they've gone a different route or just disappear altogether.If it's someone not too hot or without an immediate need but still a possibility (like an absentee or foreclosure -say they worked something out and dont need you right now) then I still follow up maybe every month or two or three for like a year.

Just advertise in the housing wanted section in craigslist and you'll probably get some leads.

Mike:I like your optimistic view about a 'self-correcting' outcome and a public revolution leading us back to sanity.

I thought once you disclose your role, if the seller accepts your price, the deal is done?

And if you're not on the first page, you lost a potential lead.

I read an article in in one of the NJ RE blogs stating that “if you under price by 10 percent, you are going to get a bidding war, even today.â€The article say's that putting in a lower starting price will get the house more attention and ensue in more offers which can lead to the seller getting the price they really wanted for the house or even more...

A HUD house I'm looking at has a 20-page lead paint inspection attached to it.

OfgiftYou are both right, kind of.In the sunshine belt there was a huge build up in the early to mid 80's leading up to the Tax Reform Act of 1986 and the Savings and Loan melt down.

I had a septic 'failure' also and lead to the demise of the whole property.

She contacted me a few weeks later and said we had lead paint on our house.