My aunt had an commercial property in  northern NJ where the tenant dumped oil. 

The MLS search took a long time (not a ton of properties in northern NJ) so I am starting to look at other ways to find properties.Which brings me to my question, after a lot of searches on BP and listening to the podcasts, listsource.com seemed to be a great option. 

Kevin F.has hit the nail on the head.  

Take the hit on my third property by selling it and using the proceeds to buy more properties in Texas. 

By giving them the google voice number and password, he sees the leads coming in, gains confidence in hitting a $500 deal for himself. 

I am 4 hours away from the beach but if a significant event occurred, I would attend and then hit the beach.

Seller recently divorced and needs $30k for legal fees and ex-wife payoff but can't sell this year by decree and doesn't want the cap gain hit in 2015 anyway.

They seem to be hitting homes that are looking like potential flip homes.

My experience has been that the presentation are hit and miss on beneficial content.

I don't know what the rental markets are like in those areas, but you can get some properties for what would be a down payment in Northern Virginia.