I did bid on a couple of residential vacant land in Urban area.I use Land use code and lien face value range to filter all properties I like.After putting together a list, I start doing research one by one by using county office website, google maps, Zillow and EPA website.I bid at 5-8% for first three batches but got nothing because winners for properties I bid on are at 2%-4%, some even 1%.I adjusted my bidding rate for later batches.I won 8 bids in total. 7 of them are properties with house on it at low rate. 1 of them is residential vacant land at higher rate.I made payment for all my winning bids on the day of results.waiting for tax lien certificate.....Hope this is helpful to other newbies.

I am a first-time out of state turnkey investor currently in talks over this South-side Chicago 2 flat in the Hyde Park township (60637 zip code).Could anyone who actively invests in the are please weigh in?

Have you considered mailing to a different list such as tax delinquents, probates, code violations, etc?

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@Bob BowlingThe average cost of new construction in my Zip code is $130 per square foot.

If you work from 9am to 6pm, there isnt much time left in the day during the week to let an investor take a look at the house.If the property under option was an REO I suppose you could give away the key code, but I am pretty sure there are liability issues.

From there, you can drill down to contractor; remediation; Massachusetts; and even zip code.

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