Make sure you target mom and pop listings.

Of course these are far different lending facilities than most mom and pop rental owners have or can even get.. 

I also like to stop by a local mom and pop store or restaurant in potential invesment areas and ask around how they feel about the neighborhood.

Get to where you know the market and know a good deal when they pop up.

Purchase price: $1,900,000 This 28 unit townhome style property was a mom and pop managed property about 20-30 mins outside Louisville, KY.

It's funny, I just wrote your name down after doing a search for a real estate attorney in PDX and an old post popped up with your recommendation.

Allows for photos that pop better.

When something pops up on the MLS you want to be able to run out and see it same day if possible and have an offer in that afternoon. 

If you see things that are posted by someone who is obviously a mom and pop property management co.

due diligence pump and dump has been around forever.. my Dad talked about it in the 60s and 70s as he was a developer always looking for dough  Yeah, it seems incredible but some of these con artists are very convincing, and some borrowers desperate.