Well folks, surprise surprise, Bob Thomas, my first applicant for the no cost seminar discovered he had a schedule conflict.

I'm surprised the moderators didn't tag you for mentioning s website.My votes is for using Property Radar. 

I found that to be surprising. 

Other investors use lower numbers.I echo Sean and would be very surprised if you can acquire the property for only $80K if it only needs $5K in repairs.

Please share experiences, surprises, advice....

Not long ago, I bid on a property and was pleasantly surprised they didn't require one either.

i do a lot of driving around too. however, contacting your local municipality also works. go in to the office and ask if they keep a list of  any vacant houses or houses in physical distress in the area. you would be surprised what they know. finding the owners is easy too. just ask the same people at the municipality. another great way to find the owners of a vacant house is knock on doors and ask neighbors. every neighborhood has the neighborhood busy body that knows everything about everybody. find them

In the future, don't be surprised if someone else from Cozy answers questions here on BP.Thanks for the support and curiosity everybody.

From a tax perspective, it gets complicated (surprise, right?).

You'll start to get an idea of what a wholesale value is in your areas, and if you stay conservative you can absorb some surprises.