Find every we buy houses website that are on the first 3 or 4 pages of Google, and sign up on the pages that have investor buyer sign up forms and on those that don't send an email or contact message to the site owner to find out how to get on their list.Three:  Go to the local REIA group meeting and other meetup events. 

One thing that has me confused is knowing what to offer a buyer on a wholesale deal.

Most realtors are only used to working with home buyers.

Then I would fix & flip the property.So, There really are only two options I can think of. 1) Find an "off market" property that you can take "Subject To, on a "Wrap", or a "Land Contract" or a "Lease Option and proceed with either Fix & Flip or Buy & Hold or sell to a Tenant Buyer (my favorite).2) Find someone on the mainland that you can Joint Venture with in a market your finances can afford.Either way, you have to start somewhere.

It's all about supply and demand, and currently there is way less supply than demand.Further, if you end up buying one of these through Hubzu or something (quite common), be prepared to pay a 4.5% buyer premium on top of your purchase price.

I find that buyers have to be more creative on what they are  wanting out of a property and to think about alignment with areas that will turn over and bring land prices up.

Can you recommend someone who has experience working with investors and is willing to work with a long distance buyer?

Net migration is due to increase in the next couple of years and tougher mortgage rules have forced potential first-time buyers to stay in the rental market.

The unit in question is dropping in price due to the fact that all potential buyers are using the same criteria.

As a Buyer I’ve been the beneficiary of low appraisals on bank sales where they have the original square footage listed in the appraisal because, as she mentioned, they almost always go by public records.