Many times there is an exclusion for underground piping and deterioration is not a covered peril, which is the cause of the replacements 95% of the time. 

Then you can mail or cold call or both.Other cheap or free methods are driving for dollars, craigslist, Realtors, FSBO sites, expired listings, foreclosure sites and bandit signs if allowed.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.

Exclusivity and a lack of liquidity in any type of market can push prices higher. 

The OA is just an agreement that gives the owner of the Option the exclusive right to buy the property for a specific amount, within the time period spelled out in the OA. 

Then you can mail or cold call or both.Other cheap or free methods are driving for dollars, craigslist, Realtors, FSBO sites, expired listings, foreclosure sites and bandit signs if allowed.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.

Then move into it converting it into your new primary and turn your old primary into an investment property - or sell that house and take the profit tax free using the primary residence exclusion of sec 121.When you do this there's all kinds of good things that happen to you.1.

If she lived in part of the duplex, she may be able to use a Sec. 121 exclusion on some of the property.

Capital Gains Home Exclusion Tax - If you have owned and used a property as your primary residential home for at least two out of the last five years before selling it, you’re eligible for this exclusion.This exclusion according to the IRS states that “if you have a capital gain from the sale of your main home, you may qualify to exclude up to $250,000 of that gain from your income, or up to $500,000 of that gain if you file a joint return with your spouse7.

Hi @Sarah Mcdermott,Buyer's agents ask for Buyers to sign "Exclusive Buyer Broker Agreements".

I spoke to people in the community about advertising in the local newspaper and they unanimously said newspapers readership of local papers has fallen.