Most of them send emails from official email addresses and no contact information is mentioned.

Our other interests include investing in land for low impact STR’s and investing in older multi-family units and renovating for efficiency here in Maine. 

Working to learn how to be better with business and more efficient with my time.

Could be email as well, but might be less efficient. 

Make sure you change the address on your drivers license, get owners insurance not landlords insurance, put all the utilities in your name, move in and rent out your previous primary. 

Any paint I purchase I use the property address as the job name and they're you have it.

We updated the electrical systems and we added new high efficiency German heating systems.

I'm really only addressing those that might read your post and think that they have to focus on areas that have less regulation -- not that there's not some stupid regulations -- just to find great deals.Because there are great deals everywhere.

I'm assuming the idea is just drive and jot down addresses of visibly distressed properties, and for sale by owner signs.

Look up the county's property assessor or tax assessor sites and plug in the property address to find the specific property details.