It's amazing what it will do for your motivation and momentum when around your peers.For real estate investors in Oklahoma City, we have:1st Wednesday of every month "Coffee with Real Estate Investors"www.coffeewithrealestateinvestors.com1st Thursday of every month Millionaire Possabilities MPREIA www.meetup.com/MPREIA3rd Wednesday of every month Landlord Meetup www.meetup.com/Landlord-Oklahoma-City-Real-Estate-Investing-Meetup3rd Saturday of every month Real Estate Wholesalers Breakfast www.meetup.com/Real-Estate-Wholesaler-Breakfast4th Tuesday of every month OKC Real Estate Wholesalers Network www.meetup.com/Real-Estate-Wholesalers-NetworkFor entrepreneurship & business in Oklahoma City, we have:Every Wednesday morning1 Million Cups OKC www.1millioncups.com/okc2nd Wednesday of every month "Coffee with Entrepreneurs" www.okceg.com/pages/Coffee_with_Entrepreneurs4th Thursday of every month OKC Entrepreneur Group www.OKCEntrepreneurGroup.comMiscMultiple times per month "The Meeting After The Meeting" - Dinner with Entrepreneurs & Real Estate Investors www.meetingafterthemeeting.comI am a local real estate mentor and business coach so if you ever need guidance and accountability I might be a resource to you.

We are still a long ways out from doing the management company, as our focus needs to remain on growing our portfolio in order to accomplish our first set of goals.

Dont become a motivated buyer !

I let them know at the time they are approved that the property will remain on the market, and they have 48 hours to provide the deposit and signed lease.  

It does not sound like your sellers are motivated enough.

The owner is highly motivated to not deal with the property; however, they still have a mortgage on the property.

@Elizabeth Martinez,  based on what I've read and listened to, for time efficiency like @Christian Kenworthy mentioned, advertising sounds like the route to go for general motivated sellers/high equity, not necessarily pre-foreclosures, and start small with volumes that you can handle in terms of incoming phone calls to screen, then put them on a schedule of repetition and follow up over several months.  

As far as motivation he WANTS to sell it because he is sick of paying taxes on the property which he isn’t even using.

In this type of situation, they then take the remaining outstanding amount and divide among the numbers of units and send out a bill to the units in the form of a loss assessment.That said, don't skimp on coverage here.

Since September I've read over 50 of the self-taught, self-motivation, just about every book that has been in the final four of the podcasts or recommended resource books on the site, I've read.