I blacked out for a minute lol.

has anyone used black book data or some similar service that tracks home owners who are late on their payments?

We use a black ink pad Stamper.

In the packet we would put ways to save your property etc.I only did this for about 3 months before moving on to other things.I still listed short sales but went about it differently.When we door knocked some would appreciate the help.Others we found a tenant that didn't know the property was foreclosing.Once had a Chinese guy drunk walking down the street.He denied he was being foreclosed on and said the government was out to get him.Another guys faced turned dark red and said please leave with his whole body shaking with his fists.One had about 5 pitbulls jumping at the window and I thought they were going to bust through it to get outside.Another was some black dudes with guns and looked like drugs on the table.We just said the property was foreclosing and were glad he didn't have anymore questions or offer for us to come inside.Door knocking in some areas isn't too bad.In others it is VERY dangerous.On the commercial side I just send out letters now.Those were my BRAVE and STUPID days back then!!

I completely agree with you that from a financial perspective, that is often the correct thing to do (and since I like to look at things in black and white, I'm not afraid to admit that you're right and I'm wrong!)...

For that campaign we just decided to use primary colors on black because I thought it "popped"

When the recorder denied the documents because they were missing a power of attorney page, we went into a black hole of information that took me a month of phone calls to unravel, and I do mean ME and not THEM.

There were even shootings and finally some guy, guess he was a Super SAWT police type guy, he had a special black uniform with two pointy things on his helmet, so I guess that was commo stuff, anyway, he got them to all calm down and they celebrated as they didn't need this search light anymore so they just broke it.

There were pots in the frig with leftovers and all the food was black, unrecognizable blobs.

Remember, it isn't only the gurus who get a black eye for the actions of the slick snake-oil guys, it is also ALL real estate investors.I've had some people get angry at me because they believe that BiggerPockets is decidedly anti-guru . . . we're pro-investor.