You might want to drive the neighborhoods to find that junker in a nice area with a FSBO sign, go to the assessor's website to find out value and who the owner is, then pay them a visit.

I'll prob work 50-60 hours/week at the JOB with a very stable firm and I expect I have some super solid upside options there.My parents had 2-3 rentals when I was growing up, I worked for a property manager before while in undergrad, ran a successful painting contracting business, am solid at negotiating and selling, have spent my share of time in rough neighborhoods, but I'm concerned I may be too much of a nice guy to ever get too good at evicting poor people.

Ideally located in a neighborhood that is close to your primary residence, and very familiar in regards to commercial and residential.Optimize your exit strategies and think about how they affect your future investment options.Time the market for both acquisition and sale.To be ultra conservative you can allocate large contingencies on costs.

I am a Flooring Contractor....Best price is a Neighborhood flooring guy.

Or better yet find someone who has any personal experience with the COB Sale, or anyone who may be interested in a joint venture.As I understand it these properties will be sold free of any outstanding liens, for the greater of 20% or $500 down and the balance due approximately 6 weeks later.I have completed some research/due diligence on the properties that are in the neighborhoods that I am most familiar with and there looks to be some nice ones still on the list (owners have until the last week in Sept. to petition the City to remove their property from the list).Things that I have completed in researching the properties have been:•Current owner(s)•Property class•Tax Value•Last sale price & date•Drive-by/visual inspectionIs there anything else that I should consider trying to determine before the sale?

I am currently investing in Dayton Ohio. you can buy Rehabbed rental property in workable neighborhoods and can be all in for 2 or 3 bedroom single family 800 square foot properties that sell for 25k to 30k and rent for $550 - $625.

I'm not sure of your targets or price points, but feel free to send me an email with what neighborhoods and/or kind of property you are going after.

Long story short he owns the neighborhood and he is looking to liquidate these properties from his portfolio.

I have done the traditional: list on MLS, Craigslist, send listing to other agents with recent sales, the home is staged and really nice in nice neighborhood, have not had many showings.

Long story short he owns the neighborhood and he is looking to liquidate these properties from his portfolio.So after I came down from the clouds I am trying to figure the best strategy to approach this situation.I was hoping to get some more advice from the BP nation.Any advice helps.