Redfin is also great to track properties you like where you can set up different notifications, the Redfin mobile app works well,too.

Short sales have proven to be a viable route for distressed homeowners to get out of underwater mortgages or delinquent debt situations.

Talk about your track record with specific, similar deals.

I don't keep track of the market out there anymore, but to me it seemed like the market on Oahu was influenced greatly by international investors.

Sometimes just spending a few hundred to file a specific performance lawsuit is enough to get the deal back on track.

When the tenant vacated after not paying the last month rent he skipped to Oregon and it became hard to track down his whereabouts for chasing the money he owed to us.4.

@Zac P.It's the dream gig, but unless your private investor is family or someone with whom you have a long and proven record, it's a pipe dream.Also, are you looking for a financier or an investor, its not clear.

If you have no track record then finding any investors I think will be extremely difficult to impossible outside of friends and family.

If I'm unable to I'll put a letter in the door or a sign in the yard to get some type of response which is usually from the owner or someone who's buying the property.You definitely are on the right track, it's easy to get overwhelmed trying to figure all this out.

It has proven difficult so far, but I think I may be able to contact the owner's daughter.