I realize it may be an ongoing battle to pursue low-income, but there are ways to track anyone down to levy or garnish -

The properties that I am interested in are low cost (relatively speaking) sales, abandoned/adjudicated properties, and local auctions.

I really enjoy Michael Penrod's meetup Fix & Flip Networking: https://www.meetup.com/Flipping-Houses-in-Arizona/...He facilitates it once a month and you can connect with some quality serious investors of all exit strategies.Maybe I'll see you there sometime!

Quality work, reasonable prices.

I've located a number of properties (I'm new w/ no offers) that are in lower income neighborhoods...a number of which are F&C or very little is owed.   If I could acquire one of these would it be a good idea?  man...

You can get a good quality neighborhood and still beat the 1% rule.  

If your current income is low, just be extra careful when evaluating the repairs needed on fixer-uppers and you should be fine.  

The risk is super low.

There's a quite a few folks in our group that are really in need of some quality contractors!

Might as well tell him to buy low, sell high. =)