Most of the time when you buy from a motivated seller, there will not be a sign in the yard and the seller will not have been doing any public marketing.Whether the property is vacant or not does not matter, though being vacant always help the seller be more motivated.Ok comparing REO's versus buying directly from motivated sellers, my experience is that you will get much higher profit margins from buying directly from motivated sellers.I'm curious, Curt, I thought you said that you only buy REO's and not directly from homeowners, so do you make your statement of REO's being the best profit just because REO's is all you focus on or because you've focused on motivated sellers and they're just not worth it?

The MLS is on-line, open to the public in many locations.It is a modified mls, but does include photos, asking price, square footage, lot size, often the age of the building, views, what town it is in, and a description of the best features.You can sit at home, pick out a few that look promising, and then call either your agent or the listing agent to make arrangements to see it and get more information.The seller has a contract and you should not be able to go around the listing agent, so it doesn't hurt you to call the agent for info.

Go check paragraph 304 in one of the sections of the stimulous bill on publicly owned real estate.

Hi David,Is the process easier when the government determines the building is abandoned or vacant and left open to the public?

For a buy and hold on an older property, do you look for one that has a bigger lot, and has a higher land market value in the public records?

Michael Kimble was reviewed by:http://blog.programcritique.com/public/blog/223761Not too good a review only only star.

We are both DRE licensed Brokers, but not active in the public RE arena at the present time.

Since it is not advertised to the public (It is not listed with any agent) I assume that this is aimed at other wholesaler or people like me.

The entire coastline is public, so you can't get a condo on the sand, unless it is on a beach in one of the inlets.Lots of properties have stunning ocean views.

J Scott, I agree it becomes more comical when they go back to restate, often there is little or no publicity about the restatements.