I learned about wholesaling in late February and had just joined the local REIA before things shut down.  

So far my properties have come off the MLS but I want to start marketing to motivated sellers in my area... just not sure how to efficiently find and compile  data on absentee owners, water shut offs, etc.

I got an e-mail the other day of a company that will provide software so that you could submit 200 offers in 5 minutes (I went back and found the e-mail to be exact).In the wrong hands something like that could shut down the real estate industry with offers,,,,,,

So, then a storm happens the following week and everybody and everything was shut down for an entire week, which is understandable.

You will ruin your relationship with them and some cities have the ability to shut off your water service if you run afoul of their permit/zoning process and just tell them to pound sand. 

Don't shut yourself out on potential markets that can make your path to investing easier. 

While shutting down some businesses and social distancing has no doubt reduced transmission, slowed the progression, and reduced the number of lives lost, the second and third order effects of all the shutdowns and isolation is taking many more lives from things such as suicide, drug overdose, alcohol abuse, delayed testing/treatment for other life-threatening conditions etc.

The economy has never just shut down.

I know some folks who got shut down - the local authorities don’t play.

I hope it lasts.Is anyone else feeling exponentially charge up after the global shut down?