Also I'd say the first step before you get too far is sit down with a great loan officer and let them run your credit and look at your tax returns and assets and come up with the best gameplan for your situation. 

Most seasoned professionals in distressed real estate either transition from extensive careers at real estate firms or legal offices that deal with foreclosures and similar issues.

Contact your county tax assessor's office to learn how to find this information (it's usually online and easy).Talk to the neighbors.There are paid apps that may include contact information for specific properties.

I've had many many people come to our office with a set of plans they bought off the internet.

You should talk to your loan officer.

I tried the county office but nothing helpful

@Jay Hinrichs They called the office, then did a transactional funding app, which is pretty brief.

You have to just commit to doing the lead generation 5-6 days a week (social posts, door knocking, talk to people you know, talk to people you don't know, host open houses for agents in your office, drive for FSBO's, etc) until you have planted so many "seeds" that they result in business. 

One particular lender and when I say Lender, I’m talking about the individual loan officer that we have worked with in the past had a number of his Lending policies changed so we had to start using someone else when he did not have a product that fit .I realize that a number of the replies have come from lenders themselves so they’re looking for faithful customers.

A few weeks ago I received a frantic call from a police officer in the town were we have an STR.