Once you do it a few times, the houses that are not well taken care of really stick out.

Also be careful of lowballing too much. you could not only get a blatant no with no wiggle room, but if the seller/selling agent know a lot of people, this could hurt your reputation in the area.

I expect most people to say networking, but let's see what's working in this market.NetworkingCallingDoorknockingPostcardsSocial MediaPersonally I cut back on my mailers and I'm mainly going direct to seller with door knocking and calling. 

No, the junkies are never thoughtful enough to turn the water off before they start cutting.

So guys, be careful.

Be careful when using Google street view, quite often the pictures are quite old. 

Because I've been there - more times than I care to admit.The hardly waits will cost you money and you'll make (most often) bad decisions, because your judgment is clouded by your intense dislike of your current situation. 

Typically lenders care more about your debt to income ratio. 

The next purchase might not be as big of a home run but as long as it is decently cash flowing - who cares!

In truth I didn't evaluate it that carefully.