It's much easier that way.I found mine by message a lot of them on Zillow and asking if they were, "investor friendly".

It's much easier (and less costly for you) to prepare these when proper accounting procedures are followed.

If asking too low, you may get derelicts.If asking too high, you may miss your target market.You can use various sites and A/B test by listing with slightly different prices and descriptions to find best price.

A letter basically offering to make everyone's life easier when splitting an estate by offering a quick close, no contingency offer to buy the property involved in the probate proceedings.You can buy probate lists, or you can find details on your local city's website of the probate proceedings in your city.

I settled on a condo unit for a few reasons: in my target town, an affluent college town, I cannot afford a house that would be a nice enough neighborhood to attract the type of tenant I want.

Also, I think Joshua Dorkin makes a good point about looking to stay in your local area, it is much easier to learn if you can be close to the action.

Buying on the MLS has no advantage to you, and trying to put a short sale together isn't any easier than finding one listed on the MLS, except you KNOW this one is broken.

In fact, I work with other investors in my area who look for very different types of houses than I do -- and we're all successful to some degree.You are going to want to find out what the buyers in your area are looking for, and start trying to find specific properties that you can target at specific buyers.

If you find out what they want, its much easier to build your buyers list and make some great connections.

Do you just go to Realor.com or some other site and just target those sellers?