Oh and for marketing you are right that it would not make much sense to do it the way you typically here it getting thrown about on BP.That is because it is mostly wholesalers that need to find a lot of deals and keep a constant stream of really good deals in the pipeline.If you are only looking to buy 1-2 properties in a year, or something like that, to add to your portfolio you just scale it back.You can get a list of absentee owners from MLS data, or from a title company or if you have to buy a list it should be a fairly cheap one since it is easy to get the data.

At the higher end - desktops all the way up to the servers that process all your data - Intel is the big dog.An interesting book on this topic is "The Innovator's Dilemma" by Clayton Christensen.

I no longer have MLS access so i have to rely on Realtor.com and others just to find rents in areas and asking prices and recently sold data.

I take them through a scripted conversation in order to collect the data necessary to determine their level of motivation.

But, make that offer subject to full verification of the financial data and ANY OTHER MATERIAL FACT offered by the owner and agent.Document the financials as presented and all material facts in an addendum to the contract.

What info/data is the borrower using to determine the lender's minimum bid?

There is a lot of useful data on this site for all aspects of real estate investing.

If there's that big of a gap in this price range, and you can't tell from the data yourself yet, then you need to get multiple opinions by the right people.

One way to do that is to learn how appraisals are put together, the guidelines of fannie and FHA, and what data could be used in the appraisal.

We also resealed old holes from cable TV & Telephone wire entry.