One day I get an urgent text message from our tenant that one of the trees is on its side leaning and wanting to fall into the neighbors home!

Nice situation where talking to a neighbor resulted in the purchase of a house! 

My neighbor did STR on 2 properties in Long Beach, but only allowed 30+ day rentals so that he did not have to register with the city.

I've been using the MLS, but I like the idea of talking to neighbors to see if they’re interested in selling—or at least getting on their radar.

Any neighbor that can throw you on a stretcher and take you to the hospital is a bonus.

They think it's unfair because they only shower once a week but can hear the upstairs neighbor showering twice daily.

We own a home in Mexico, and our neighbor said their daughter unfortunately lost their home in Altedena.

It was held by the previous owner for a very long time, so I wouldn't be surprised if some basic facts about the house are incorrect.I was making an offer on a house a couple years ago and discovered that the owner was paying taxes on an additional house that was on the neighbors lot and didn't know it!

This is one of those, as is the neighboring properties (all of which operate as duplexes, though officially are noted as SF).

their neighbor 10 houses away got X and so they want X + $1.you may need to analyze dozens or even hundreds of on market listings, and also look off market to find something that has potential.hope this helps