Personally, I find my deals on the MLS (in CO, IN & FL).

In my local market, I can still find cash flowing properties in that price range, approx. 100-200 per SFH.

He has 2000+ units and a 200M development pipeline and is always in the news in my city.My ExperienceI followed him for months and spoke a few times in person at events.

Don't stop asking until you find the right person for your situation.

You can "generate" it if you purchase, either yourself or with others (e.g. syndication), a large property and do a cost segregation. 

When someone offers to pay a large amount up front, it's typically because they are enticing you to not look deeply into their past, or they are trying to jump the line ahead of other applicants.

I also called Maricopa county office and they mentioned that ususally whenever legal service is done, the documents are sent to the address of the person/business first even if they are out of state,  before they are sent to the statutory agent.

These markets are very large in NC (comparable and larger than Fayetteville) providing for great economics as well as a more diverse employment base.Doing a renovation is not as intimidating if you have the right team that can provide you comfort with before-and-after's of other projects they've done, plus accurate $s surrounding those projects.

I think my range will be somewhere around 300k. 

I got the current owners (person who is selling me the property) blessing to post the house for rent right now with a move in date of August 1st if I wanted to.