This can vary by your market and your target audience.

It aint personal its just business...Also we target properties that have aged 60+ days on market.So your property is sitting for a reason.They can have 100% of my offer, or wait until someone pays them what they are imagining.

A professional company like Servpro would have handled the whole thing for you and the insurance company would have been the new target for this scammer instead of you... but they are equipped to deal with her.

These numbers are harder to hit if you hold the property for a long time or if you have to put up a lot of equity.For flips or development deals 50%+ AROI unlevered is what I target.

Justin McClelland is right on target.

You'll notice that all the gurus selling push button systems are selling systems, not really knowledge in business or real estate, these are the step by steppers, targeting the naive, eager, uniformed with dreams and folklore. 

I've mentioned before that I am also building homes in the southern Utah area and these are targeted for a particular buyer – upscale, in the $300,000 range of which many are a second home.

Targeted direct mail is my #1 deal source.

Steve MightAs I mentioned in prior posts, we have moved away from being "pet friendly" in most of our properties for some of the very reasons you are now encountering: a 2K floor refinishing on a 1-2year turnaround grows old quickly.In the one property were there are still pets (3-dogs, which we inherited with the building), we have used commercial grade vinyl {think Target, Wally-world, etc} and it appears to be standing-up to the livestock.

I have a real estate agent that I have been dealing with for the last 4 months that can tell me house values and target potential buyers.Jeff S Thanks for the recommendations, I appreciate that, you are very helpful.