What areas are you considering as the city can be a mixed bag of good and bad from street to street.

2 of the questions is the famous 4 are regarding books that the guest speaker has read, and although I would consider myself a reader as well, I wonder if another question could be added to the mix, even if not asked amongst the Famous 4.

You find those with signs, letters, door knocking, word of mouth referrals, website, etc.Happy hunting!

Any recommendations on other neighborhoods that have a healthy mix of distressed/retail properties?

Ironically most hard money lenders and many private money lenders don't offer pre-approval letters?

I have not decided exactly what I want to target but I'm thinking either multi-family (6 or  more) or mixed use.

Regarding the yellow letters, post cards, phone calls, forced voice mails (no preceding call) and so forth, I get multiple ones per week if not per day.

I found a 2k sq ft mixed use unit in city for around 750k. would that appreciate more or a duplex in the valley /tracy ( which is alot cheaper and with cashflow) ?

All I had to do was write a letter on why I was choosing that property as a second home.

I am in the process of getting a pre-qualification letter and I,too, am looking at small  multi-unit properties.