Granted, it was Michigan, but states like Mass, Cali, NY, will fall some day, and I wouldnt want to leverage myself to that 4-5% appreciation 'hope'.  

I did a mass mailing to out of town owners of multi-unit property in my area and got a good response.

You can see Mass' declared dividend interest rate in this year's press release.

How does one go about approaching a non-seller to sell his property, apart from the non-discriminating mass mailing?

I currently own a 2-Family home and looking to expand to more rental properties and possiably doing some flipping as I am a licensed contractor in mass but live in NH no longer full time contractor but still interested in flipping 

And join the free Webinars offered by BP.I would start by learning as much as I could in the area I wanted to pursueFernando I lived in Revere for 45 years and Kingston Mass. before moving to Florida Make it Happen Steve

Anyone in Western Mass or surrounding areas know of any private lenders ?

For those who live in mass what areas should i look into for about $100-$200k?

Each bank will give him their terms and financing and you can decide the best one.Since I knew no one in this area that knows about such things and because "Mortgage Brokers" usually don't mass advertise for obvious reasons I turned myself into a "Mortgage Broker".

I would suggest that you keep it simple, upon mass mailing or heavy volumn of direct mailings you may want to have a p.o. box and it may be less invasive.