I think your reputation of being a fair business dealer with people, and people will be knocking down your office door to do business with you.

Two things that I did that worked in my area was....1) I went to the local HUD office and asked to look at the book that had the info for the section8 houses.

Here's quick background on myself, I have been a loan officer, processor, underwriter and held several upper management positions in real estate; and then went on to start flipping houses but stopped '06.I been itching to jump back in, with the market the way it is.

I can say that approximately 90% of the deals that come through my office are short sales.

Jorge,I have gone to my tax assessor's office with an address and they provided me with the owners information

Interestingly the government is in a full control to manage housing supply through its direct and indirect ownership in Dubai’s largest property development companies.

:0 Alex, if you don't feel like subscribing to realty trac or some of these other (pre) foreclosure websites, simply go to county recorder's office or contact county recorder's office in your target market and acquire list of Lis Pendens, NOD's nearing default (to be auctioned).

Assuming that you're not talking about a residential type commercial building and are instead talking about an office/retail/industrial building, these are typically rented on a "triple net lease".

You missed a BUNCH of the expenses, such as damage done by tenants in excess of the security deposit, advertising, entity maintenance, legal fees, evictions, lawsuits, office supplies, etc, etc, etc.Throughout the United States, operating expenses run 45% to 50% of the gross rents.

The Obama effect is real and widespread and when key members of his transition team talk about him ruling when he takes office instead of governing, the effect intensifies.