I listed my google voice number on the letter so when I got the phone call "real estate" pops up on my phone.  

He has Pop's Realty Service , an investor friendly rehab contractor.  

Thanks it doesn't work for me for some reason--the names do not pop up anywhere.

@Patrick Shaughnessy   Whenever you want to mention someone, do the @name last name (with space between two) and name should pop up on bottom left, click on name and it should highlight.  

It's in a decent area, however it is a small town (pop. 20k) in an area that doesn't have a ton of industry.

Marketing to mom and pop owners could be a viable option.

Essentially, when additional items started popping up (ie: sewer, kitchen subfloor), I asked the contractor if there were some adjustments we could do to the original estimate so we could stay closer to the original estimate.  

I would also recommend sticking to one county at first (if we are still using probates as an example).That way, you can either continue and expand to more areas, or open a new lead source if its not something that works in your area.The main thing is to just keep marketing, no matter what, but do it in a structured way so that you lead to more of an investment company and not just a mom and pop that does a few deals here and there (unless that is what you want).Good luck!!

Or, you can tell neighbors that: "it looks like Mr X has a chunk if mines coming to him".Amazing how a skip target pops up when they think there's money to be claimed for the asking.

And then I would like to turn the house into a "pop-top" and add a 3rd above-grade floor on to the existing structure.