Many a good ship has gone down there, never to be seen again.One such swerving happened a few days ago as I was listening to BP Podcast 155, which featured Sharad Mehta exchanging jabs and jokes with Brandon and Josh.

PLAYING TO WIN AT FORECLOSURE AUCTIONS, our featured speaker is John McCants, a Nationally Recognized Educator, Investor and Mentor.

I am even building a software tool that bridges my two passions...real estate and technology :)  The tool intelligently and automatically sources awesome deals for real estate investors and I would love my fellow BiggerPocketers to check it out because I am building it to help not only myself, but others too! 

It's cool that you can see what they are and how many times they are given out...but it would also be cool if it could include a progress tracker so that you can see where you are in your progress towards achieving each award.Not sure how difficult this would be, but I think it would be a fun feature to add. 

Banks like to know they'll be paid back, and having a source of income makes them more willing to lend you money.Have you ever thought of a live-in flip?

These HDs are a rich source for ID Theft.

In fact one of the nice features of that program is that it's non-recourse, so the lender has little interest in your personal circumstances.I do hear you about wanting to exit in 3-5 years though - that might indicate regular commercial bank financing is better.Why do you feel other people have passed this opportunity over?

This is one of my favorite features of Bigger Pockets especially for asking specific questions.

As agents, we have really good tools, though.As a rule of thumb, (assuming you are looking at SFR properties) set the criteria as close as possible to the comp properties features, stay within a mile radius, and go back six months.

I was wondering what sources other local investors use to find decent properties?