Here are a few to try:Owners.comFSBO.comforsalebyowner.comZillow.comThere's lost of them out there.

So I'll be the cold bucket of water this morning. 10 of the last 11 offers I've put in on MLS properties in the past 3-4 months, all of which were at or above asking, I've lost.  

If I'm not mistaken you replied as Roger Brazil in Nevada, and said "I can Help You with lenders in Idaho"   I lost your post . 

My entire career has been working as a government contractor and due to the lack of job security, I've lost my job multiple times. 

Somewhere along the way, the fact that it was never zoned correctly, was lost or overlooked.

If the property goes to auction it'll get run up by other bidders and may loose it's value or lost to the first lin cetificate. 3 years is the typical time frame so I'd work with the son and see if there's a way to strike a deal. 

@Gary Sullivan   I for one think that paid for one on one mentoring with someone you trust and like is of a great amount of value as long as you can afford it.there is only so much one can learn reading on line ... and most pod cast just gloss over topics and really don't get into the nitty gritty... a good mentor paid for or not can really short cut the learning curve and probably the money you spend on a paid for coach or mentor is money you would have lost trying to do it on your own.. and failing because you did not know what you did not know.I for one thinks its horrible advice when people on BP say to not pay for education save that money and buy a house... even if you lose money your getting hands on education..

We are really lost. 

Nothing personal, my opinion, that is $15K lost a year if he lives in the basement and $20K lost if he lives in the main.Also highly recommend getting your financing in place before you start placing bids on properties.

Well, just using the numbers you gave it would take 12.5 years ($15k/$1.2k) to just break even and then you have the lost investment income from the $15k for that time, so from a pure investment standpoint I would suggest against the garage.