MyHouseDeals.com is excellent, I used it to buy several properties in Dallas 08 also bought some from ther distressed sellers posts.

Jon, I couldn't agree more about seeing things that dont meet my criteria.However, I do see the value in having specialized lists.I was thinking more along the lines of having an excel sheet with selective buyers and have a few columns, neighbohood, zip, min profit, max repairs,and you could use that, but obviously the larger it gets the harder it becomes to manage

Because the values have fallen so low, a home buyer in this area has a decent but not excellent selection to choose from.

Scott, Excellent advice, I'll steer clear of the FHA buyer.

Thanks for an excellent presentation.

@Kevin Fletcher makes an excellent point about protecting with tile.

My advice is to program an excel spreadsheet and then stick to the numbers.

I've bought many FNMA and Freddie Mac properties and most are not good, but some can be excellent.

The nightly amount may be excellent, but you will only get it some of the time.2) Check your zoning!

It took a bunch of playing in Excel, at which I'm a beginner, but I got it.