Mediocre deal at bestYou might as well put all that money into a dividend stock that yields 2.5% and call it a dayjust LOL @ spending large amounts of time and resources to retrieve a single digit return when you can accomplish the same thing with dozens of other kinds of investments with virtually zero time and effort

The 75 leads that I retrieved had a mix of very distressed properties, absentee owners, and a few owner occupied that I thought would not hurt.

I then send notice to the former tenant to let them know I have their belongings in storage and they can retrieve them as soon as they pay me everything owed, to include moving and storage costs.

You could not send an accurate good faith estimate until he retrieve his stuff but the judge hearing this could say you could have just estimated it all was trash and sent that estimate in 21 days. 

Now that we have a plan in place how do we go about retrieving that fund to get started.

I am offering to give these (read: free) to the first person that responds they will get them AND comes and retrieves them (I live at exit 19 on I-65 in Indiana (Henryville).  

Echoing what others said, especially the advice from Michael and Omar.Although, if what Bryan said turns out to be true, the kid might try to break in and retrieve his stash.

I suggest you fully understand the market relative to employment and population trends, cap rates, retrieve rent rolls, at least two years of income statements and insure excellent property management, all key however not all inclusive.

Plus most deals are not on MLS, I have to retrieve them myself through marketing and then ask him for comps.The other hand to that is the reality that agents may need to follow ethical codes that are unnecessary as a straight investor.

The CLW will uphold in court if you have a returned check as proof (should be retrievable by bank).