It can be very difficult to comp odd ball properties or unique properties.

Remove it.Change all plumbing valves to quarter turn ball valves.

Getting laughed at by listing agents for my "low-ball" offers - but seriously do I even stand a chance of getting my offers accepted by the sellers and submitted to the banks, because the BPO's are too high.Thoughts?

This is acceptable to find a ball park estimate, but not reliable when pricing individual comps.

Those give me a high volume of incoming leads however a small percentage are motivated sellers.I also do penny saver adds with we buy house, those are being evaluated as well because I get a lot of calls from rural areas with folks looking to dump junk trailors and I politely turn those down.I am in search of sub2 deals and I also use word of mouth from relationships with homeowners, if I cant get an option on the homes I pass them to my wife who takes the owner finance listing.Finally I do a craigslist campaign for owner finance buyers, this keeps the phones ringing as well but many buyers are unloyal and seem to be fishing for something for nothing however I keep a steady flow to choose from I just need to get just as many homes to sell to them owner finance.I am curious to find out a ball park figure most spend on direct mail, SEO search engine optimization and other techniques mention in this thread.I really feel that relationship building is the key ingredient and if I can hangout with bankers then I think my network will = my networth.

My crystal ball though seems to be broken.There is still a lot of pessimism about the real estate market.

I also found out today that the owner was a mortgage originator in a mortgage company, never met him before, and learned he was upset to hear the ball park value of his property.

I thought they must be desprate and wondered if they just low ball offers.

I moved from an area that was extremely HOT, with temperatures that could go up to 118 in summers.

If so are homes that are at the same price point in neighborhoods that aren't likely to see the wrecking ball a fantastic long term hold play due to a potential future scarcity of housing?