I find it to be a health hazard.

And get referrals from agents.You can use bandit signs - We buy HousesYou can develop a marketing campaign with print and PPC on the net and social media.You can drive for dollars.Here are others.Place a newspaper ad (major daily)Place an ad in Pennysaver, Thrifty Nickel, Greensheet, etc.Bandit signsDrive neighborhoods looking for vacant houses and FSBO'sCall FSBO adsSearch MLS for junker propertiesSearch MLS for expired listingsContact landlords who are evicting a tenantContact landlords with properties for rentPre-foreclosuresForeclosure auctionsREO'sHUD & VA housesTax salesEstate salesProperties with outstanding building code violationsProperties with outstanding health code violationsCondemned propertiesFire damaged propertiesOut of area ownersNetwork with professionals, i.e. attorney, CPA, REALTOR®.Network with service people, i.e. letter carrier, pool service person, lawn service person, newspaper delivery person, carpet cleaning people, plumbers, etc.Bird DogsWholesalersMagnetic car signDistribute business cards EVERYWHERECareer attire (Polo shirt with embroidered "I Buy Houses" logo)FliersDoor hangers

This becomes a health and safety issue and can require a 24 hour eviction.

I suspect that people avoid hoarder houses partially because so much is hidden that you really can't know a lot of what you're getting into until it's cleaned out, but also, many of those places are downright hazardous to people's health.  

There is a huge market for property with a place to keep an aging parent nearby as their health fails.  

The county may have this for free on the Web now, but for a long time, their land records were subscription-access only; realtors and banks would subscribe, but the only free option for normal humans was the library. 

To me, it's just human nature for folks to rebel when faced with the possibility that we may need to learn something, but we feel we "know it all" or know enough to not need anyone else's success story to rub in our own faces that in our lives which has been less than we'd hoped for or expected.I'm sure you've seen this cycle somewhere before: anger, denial, depression, acceptance.

203k has to be under your "human" name, since it must be owner occupied.  

Being a rock, with constrained sprawl and a health resource (offshore oil) industry, I understand that property prices in St.

Here are the few that I know of:  Lumber Liquidators in Albany.Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Oakland.Sincere Home Décor in Oakland.