I saw a large building with my biz partner and we saw so many violations it was mind numbing.  

Your point about sublets was well put also as that was not high on my  radar but I was going to check that out as well as it did cross my mind.  

Follow up question, you don't mind Joseph.

In my mind, if a seller can sale his property out right.. 

I wouldn't necessarily waste money sending them direct mail but I would still contact them and let them know what I'm looking for and tell them if I could be of help to any of their clients to please keep me in mind and/or pass along my info.

Our goal now is to take our learning materials and tools to continue our search for knowledge and gain experience working with mentors and other like minded individuals in the industry.

LOL And as a bonus my wife has used hers 2 times and one IRRRLIf you do decide to do a podcast I wouldn't mind telling my story. 

Our goal now is to take our learning materials and tools to continue our search for knowledge and gain experience working with mentors and other like minded individuals in the industry.

You've expanded my mind!

I don't mind that because I have a "start where you can and do what you can do" mentality (and as I have heard so many times even on these boards, "all it takes is one deal to turn everything around no matter how small your marketing").