This is a key skill you will want to develop if you wanna play in the rehab market.

Time = money so offering cash for keys is essential for us.

Antonio,Follow the above advice and you should be able to come up with comps, listed or not does not affect the process.When working solo, especially as a newbie having on intimate knowledge of your area of operation (like Jake mentioned) is key in being confident in comps and knowing what is and is not a deal.

You own the key to the development.

Two showings in two months probably indicates your price is too high.

This is your chance to be brought inside, the "keys to the kingdom" so to say.

I think you hit one key point there - you built up a relationship with them over the boom.

It was VERY scarey building state of the art machines but I truly loved what I was doing and that was the key to it all for me.

Sometimes when they leave, they leave behind a key with a neighbor or "hidden" under a rock, floormat, etc.On one REO I visited after it had the front door re-keyed, the keys to the back door were left in the mailbox!

Next, you must keep records of repairs that indicate odometer readings as in an audit the IRS WILL ask for them.If you have a home office, the rules are strict.