When they were vacant and staged for sale, even the cats and birds knew it was a bad area. 

Bird Dog4.

You have given a birds eye view of your opportunity but not enough details of the important facts and numbers.Please provide more detailed information.

My goal is to bird dog and wholesale as well so tracking leads and their outcomes would be my focus.

Bird dogging and lead generation for investors in Northern Virginia would be a great start.

Pay attention to the marketing forum as well.You can also bird dog for some local investors to build up some cash in the interim.Reinvest 100% of what you make and soon enough you should be able to do the rehabs yourself.disclaimer: I haven't succeeded in doing this yet, takes time.

@Mark M.Invest in training from a good on-site mentor if you have the cash.If not, start as a bird dog for the big dog wholesaler in your market. 

No pet food left outdoors.No bird food or bird feeders.Call a pest control company but these are main suggestion..Any garage the cars could be stored inside might help.This can also be a huge issue inside homes, the mice get in and eat the insulation on the electrical.. we had a fire in our neighborhood.. cause mice ate wires, was a newly rehabbed house on the river 459K and burnt the day before closing.. insurance covered the rehab costs. 

I'm looking for different opportunities to get my foot in the door & maybe we both can hit 2 birds with one stone. 

Eventually they ended up breaking up with a whole discussion accompanied by some punching and scratching.Mr.