I'm personally not a fan of the mentioned tactic, and frankly it has given real estate investors in my area a bad name. 

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His name is Jode Allen and I can put you in touch if you PM me here on the site. 

Our next step is to find out if vacant or not (our realtor seems to think is occupied), offer a small $ incentive to said tenants to move out in a nice and tidy fashion as to avoid damage to the property (if not, start the eviction process), get utilities changed in our name, get title insurance (via taxtitleservices) /clear the title, then work on the rehab :). 

Hi, My name is Christopher Musselman and I am a 21 year old Real Estate student studying at the Leeds School of Business at CU.

It contains property address, owner name, etc.. 

Anyways, my questions are in regards to the subjects name of this post.

You may not yet see the value and importance  in the advice I will give you ow.. but.. the best thing to do right now.. is get a killer domain name and set up a website targeting motivated sellers.

I agree 100% with Dave Foster; in fact I used t have a friend from Salt Lake City who before he passed away had a company he named HAB; Highest And Best.  

If you name 3 or fewer properties on your list it doesn't matter how much their worth - sell your place for $570K and name 3 $5 mil apt buildings.