Pretty much predatory dealing to begin with.Hope it's cleaned up now. 

Another may be that both markets have a lot of photographers serving them and established agents want to stay "loyal" to who they already use (even though I'm not a photographer).That's OK, it's all part of getting a new business going.

So you must take 5 to 10 to 15 minutes to build rapport.You must establish a connection.Many people don’t know how to do that.Here’s how to do it.1.

From what I gathered from your response in my post is ; Yes I'm very aware having good credit would be a huge help getting into this business or at least having some form of funds to start and establish a Real Estate Investors business. 

Once you establish your game plan you network some more to find the necessary people to help you put the plan into action.

Of course I have a well established team in place in my Yakima office.  

I need to establish who the most motivated sellers may be on this list and for efficiency's sake, focus my firstdirect mail campaign on these owners.Does anyone have any advice or best practices when targeting tax delinquent owners?

My credit has been fixed from my mess back then and is clean with 1 trade line as I rebuild my own personal credit too.

Also there's the possibility of being offered a (questionably legal) "finders fee" for locating the owner of a blighted/abandoned property and securing a deal for an institutional/established investor.So the above commenters are right!

The key is to establish a good relationship and communicate what you need from them.