After buying a few properties with my own money and no financing I have only been able to go after the little fish 30-50K range homes.

The area has a lot of custom, older, and non track home type homes so the values you might get on appraisal range could drastically vary.

Zillow gave a range of 75-90k where there were absolutely 0 properties in that range.In the 1990s, when I was buying and flipping, before it was cool, I would want to know what the market was for purchase and the sale. 

I ran it using a property I just had an appraisal on and it was a wide range and used property that isn't comparable.

Most of them have been in the 4-6 year range which is rediculous. 

With my Buyer's Rep agreements, I am always very specific on the market areas I will help the client with...I will usually go down to the community level, but with some investors who have a wide geographic range, I will use counties.    

We've got some great bargains here for low priced housing that work well for rentals; however, if you start looking at the $150,000+ range, you're probably better off heading to Altoona, Ankeny, or any of the metro suburbs.  

Sales comps are in the $150k-$180k range. 

You will be lucky to get 1-2% reply, most likely much less based on emailing for years, so if you are in the 5,000 range, you might get a few leads, which can pay for the cost of the leads.

This is the kind of PRE-FORECLOSURE scenario I am seeking, however this one is well outside my target price range and target location (Fort Worth, TX).Thank you,Alan