I see people who work hard kill the wholesaling game.

Howdy,Finally got into the REI game last year with my first rental property in Oak Cliff. 

Most of my Hard Money lenders want 25% down so you have some skin in the game, which balances out their risk, since they're not checking to make sure you make enough money to pay the loan back. 

Thank you for putting all the work you put into your book and your content on this site! 

I am sure you came across this while googling, but I thought this site was interesting/helpful. http://www.mmac.org/economic-trends.htmlAs a numbers guy as well, I am curious to see what other resources folks on here are using! 

What source/site is best used for finding owners of properties ?

Have you looked on the county assessor site for an owner?

As I said before, there is opportunity here, but there are also a lot of "cheap" old buildings whose locations are even of little value.But you are correct, in the past months, we've seen a lot more "money from away" coming to town and buying buildings "site-unseen".  

Go and fix the problem, you may have to assess it from on site if you plan to fix it yourself it is impossible to tell the fix from this picture but it is something that needs to be fixed.

Hi BiggerPockets Forum,My name is Lewis and I'm brand new to the real estate investing game.