Like previously stated, the big box stores are probably your best bet w this situation, or a going out of season sale.

I don't, my tenants bank automatically sends me a physical check via mail each month.

And I bet none of these so called experts can reproduce our results.

Bet your cards on living for very cheap or near free AND appreciation here in California.

That's going to be a tough sell.Well, If you're serious about this then your best bet is probably to find a successful investor actually doing what you want to do (*important*).

I bet the probability of someone with one house that desperately needs to sell, is a LOT higher then someone with 2 houses.So you are in fact PAYING money TO reduce your chances of success.And I was just being polite when I said "the probability".

Your common sense is shaded.But get out there, and physically manifest what you are doing on the computer and suddenly you clearly see/feel that this would NEVER work.Now you can combine filters, right?

For internet leads the best bet is to get a site like Carrot.comYou can also purchase lists with different motivations like absentee owners, 60-90-120 days late on mortgage, pre-foreclosure, delinquent taxes, water cutoff, code violation, evictions, probate, divorce, etc. and mail or cold call.Other methods are driving for dollars, door knocking, wholesalers, craigslist, Realtors, FSBO sites, expired listings, put out bandit signs, billboards, newspapers, other offline publications.You can use pay per click/adwords, motivated seller website with SEO, facebook, Linkedin, Youtube, and other forms of online and social media marketing.If you have a big budget you can do radio, TV and billboards.

@David Denzy if you have plenty of Hussle you could make it happen, BUT you don't want to get a reputation for saying something and not following through, best bet make sure you have a clause in any contract making it easy to back out, or always have a backup plan.

Utility data, cell carrier data, and usps, your best bet is corelogic.....$$$  And credit bureau data... $$$ as well.Now I'm not saying that every email address and phone number on every lead list is bad....