I have read a couple of articles that bemoan that homeowners in expensive locales will suffer, however little to no impact to less pricey areas and a net probable boost to landlords.Live in flips will certainly be less profitable if the capital gains exemption increase from two to five years! 

That's ridiculous and terrifying and the house is remote (Adirondacks) so it's not like I can run an extension cord to a neighbors house or leave a generator running unattended.

Rent roll, profit and loss statements and expense report are not trustworthy.

She has a $300,000 gain (profit) on the sale.

., but I am just trying to get a general idea of how people might approach lead generation using the monthly sheriff sales data.

This is because state law is not favorable to developers of condos and those developers have been burned so badly these laws that they can profit more and have better tax advantages by building "condos" renting them for a decade and then selling them as condo's 10 years later. 

1000 times sell and this is a great time to do that, you can even exit with a good profit.

In essence, the company could profit the same, but it's always about the worst case scenario. 

I already mail ~4,000 per month to absentee owners and we're getting about a 2% response rate, but our leads are low end/low profit properties.

You can get a better deal if the property was a short sale because in this process you will get the profit as a buyer with no loss.