These are some turn key slolutions.https://www.yellowletters.com/...https://audantic.com/https://reivault.com/Other methods are as follows:You can purchase lists with different motivations like absentee owners, high equity, 60-90-120 days late on mortgage, pre-foreclosure, delinquent taxes, water cutoff, code violation, evictions, probate, divorce, etc. and mail or cold call.Other methods are driving for dollars, door knocking, wholesalers, craigslist, Realtors, FSBO sites, expired listings, put out bandit signs, billboards, newspapers, other offline publications.You can use pay per click/adwords, website with SEO, facebook, Linkedin, Youtube, and other forms of online and social media marketing.If you have a big budget you can do radio, TV and billboards.

Wholesalers can be a good source as well as listed properties if you look for the right ones.You can also purchase lists with different motivations like absentee owners, 60-90-120 days late on mortgage, pre-foreclosure, delinquent taxes, water cutoff, code violation, evictions, probate, divorce, etc. and mail or cold call.Other methods are driving for dollars, door knocking, wholesalers, craigslist, Realtors, FSBO sites, expired listings, put out bandit signs, billboards, newspapers, other offline publications.You can use pay per click/adwords, website with SEO, facebook, Linkedin, Youtube, and other forms of online and social media marketing.If you have a big budget you can do radio, TV and billboards.

Having very little experience with Short Term Rentals:
Is there a site (AirBnB, Lodgify, etc) where a STR can be listed but not searchable? I want to be able to send a link or invite to view and book only to a select...

Then you can mail or cold call or both.Other cheap or free methods in addition to driving for dollars is craigslist, Realtors, FSBO sites, expired listings, foreclosure sites and bandit signs where allowed and appropriate.If you have the funds you can use billboards, newspaper ads, other offline publications., TV commercials, radio ads, motivated seller website, SEO, pay per click/adwords, facebook, Linkedin, Youtube, and other forms of online advertising and boosted/promoted social media postings.Bottom line is consistency.

The gain tax could also be mitigated if it meets the principle home exclusion.

I work exclusively with out of state investors and I have no idea how someone would go about this otherwise.

If your agent has lost your confidence, make sure that if you've signed any exclusive buyer broker agreement, you get the agreement to cancel in writing, or you could be paying him a commission if you buy something even if you go with someone else.    

@Michael Ealy I know you deal exclusively in large commercial real estate, but do you feel this holds true for when you’re investing in SFR out of state?

Hello All, I may have found a BRRR'able mixed use building in Cali...but I've never done a non-exclusively-residential building before. 

Hello All, I may have found a BRRR'able mixed use building in Cali...but I've never done a non-exclusively-residential building before.