I want to build a list for marketing to motivated sellers of raw land.

There are many ways to get creative about the financing if you're motivated enough.

Or you might find a motivated seller and your first deal drops right in your lap because you used the cheapest marketing strategy of them all: networking.

You can work with agents or investors locating distressed properties, motivated sellers, and any other range of creative ways to get leads. 

everyone else thank you all so much for the welcomes. my biggest question i have as of right now is, when you have motivated sellers calling to inquire about selling you their property, what is the best way to determine how much to offer them for their house in AS IS condition??

It's a nice little motivational piece.

However, I would like to know if anyone could recommend a good book on the topic of communication and interaction with motivated sellers.

But one thing to be said here is that you must have boots on the ground of some sort.

This isn't any sort of bait and switch, PROVIDED that you as a buyer had no way to know that there might be foundation issues.

This goofy property is sort of an exception to the rule however the numbers look so good that it is hard to pass up.