Today I got a call from a man who has been out of work for a year, his credit score is now in the 400's, and he is 3 months late on his mortgage.

We all have different strengths and things to bring to the table (I've done wholesale/option deals/Licensed | Partner A: Mobile home investor/note investor | Partner B: Wholesaler/Licensed/ Small portfolio...) but....As of right now, things have slumped, and we have no idea what to do now or what the next step is We market by: 1,000 pieces of mail a week (Which BARELY converts to anything, we get more calls asking to get removed from the list than leads.), scrubbing the public records for notice of defaults (a list you have to manually do as our county doesn't have the records online), bandit signs (but 3 wholesale players have entered our market and take down every sign we put up), door knocking (Which takes up too much time).

Have a number in place where the potential sellers can call you such as google voice or ring central 

Hey @Beverly Broom give me a call if you're still looking for a realtor.  

I'd call it B to B+ because you are dealing with students, often young ones so close to campus, who can put some real wear and tear on your property.

Otherwise you can always talk to investors and call for rent signs, to me doing that just feels more accurate since you're getting it from the source (or one of the sources).Best of luck,JTM

Once you get going and start making some money, it's a good way to find even more motivated sellers, but you should get a lot of calls just from the signs.

@Abdul Azeez If repairs are under $35K, you should be able to find a lender that offers a sort of streamline version of the Homestyle renovation loan (we call it EZ-Conventional).  

Just searching "zoning attorney" and if you don't find one nearby, call a bunch of attorney and ask them. 

We dont come on an "on call" basis , or just for the big snows .