Venture:My partner and I will be hunting for 2 Quadrapleaxes (4plex) to buy as an owner occupants.

Good luck with your house hunting!

My opinion is to stay away from these on-line auction websites and spend your time more wisely hunting down deals through local Brokers and other Investor/Wholesalers.

I enjoy hunting down a lead, and not having to put too much on the line just yet.

There is a certain segment of people that are tired of cheap rehabs, short sales, etc that are focused on the combination of quality combined with technology and energy efficiency.I'm actively hunting some infill redevelopment sites to build exactly what your talking about with the emphasis being on 500-700k homes with the goal being to hit a zero energy status.

I've learned that cultivating a few of these types of relationships are much more beneficial in the long run as you know exactly what they want AND you'll end up essentially 'shopping' for them, which we all know is a much more streamlined and methodical way to approach the hunt for deals than doing it backwards.

I think it is a bit of paranoia to think your tenants or their families will hunt you down and murder you I do agree that it is not a great idea to let them know where you live and certainly not just have them come by.You would hope that the homicidal maniacs will get screened out before you rent to them, but I can see the possibility of vandalism or just a little harassment being a much more likely issue.I use a PO Box for all my rental and other real estate business stuff.If I were to do it again I would do the thing where you can get the PO Box # as like a "suite" at the Post Offices address as you do get a fair number of crap forms where they ask for an address and "No PO Boxes" BS.

I would hunt down other investors on BP in your area and ask them for recommendations.

Mind you I'm in the Los Angeles market so it would be different than some other areas.When hunting the NOT listings for upcoming sales hoping to find a door I can knock on, I would like to narrow down the number of doors that are to be knocked.

Lots of houses in that price range.Happy hunting.