This is one of my favorite features of Bigger Pockets especially for asking specific questions.

I love the search feature for the forum.

Features top books for real estate. 

So finding foreclosure information for the District is notoriously hard and the reasons Ive heard given for the DC foreclosure situation have been far and varied from very good sources, so its really impossible to tell what is causing the situation there.I heard one knowledgabe person tell me that after they foreclose on a property in DC, the former owner becomes a tenant and needs to be evicted.

@Ned Carey, and @Dave Meadows - yeah avl has game. we saw pretty ridiculous appreciation in our neighborhood, like 30% over last 3 years. such little inventory as well. the influx of breweries and the long term development plan for the river corridor / river arts district is so promising. all we need is a surf / kayak wave (manmade whitewater feature) right in the middle of town, and we'll be on the next level!

This is one of my favorite features of Bigger Pockets especially for asking specific questions.

I'm having very little luck finding home's with the typical real estate agent client connection. Are there better places to look?

I personally like to work backwards, with the ARV as my revenue source and everything else, including the purchase price, as a cost.  

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hello Christopher,                          Thank you for that information about list source, I am not talking about finding vacant properties, I am talking about finding the person for the vacant property.i use to address.com and some other sites that I can't remember at this time since because i stop doing real estate for about 3 yrs.