Trying to locate local meet ups or groups can also be very productive. 

I’d add the gurus you speak of are excellent at self promotion much like other highly successful people in different venues. 

To give you an example, we walked every 5th unit at an 800 unit property, but only took notes on paper and used excel to track and estimate costs.

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So not sure worth prospecting the ones that get 1 case every year or two or three.....as some of those won't be sellers....maybe husband/wife survivors that stay in the house, kids move in, they already have a realtor, or some other excuse.You might get the 2020 list and run that for your county or local probate court and see if you can put that in Excel and shift and sort by attorney to see the ones who really are active and handling cases.

I am a rookie when it comes to real estate investing and Excel.

How many loan products have you looked at for this?

It helped me to understand how all the numbers worked by forcing myself to make and excel sheet.

I know there are tons of excel sheets out there but would love some feedback on the one I made because I know I am for sure missing some things.

@Jay Hinrichs Ooo this is excellent!