Erin,Your local investor associations generally have a list of different contractors for investors to use.Companies that cater to investors understand you are searching for 2 things.

Google local bank in x county.

Also, consider using a number other than your own personal phone number for the signs (Google Voice, etc.).

Jeffrey Mark - type in some terms regarding your question in the search function.

I've searched other forums to find advice on this but I'm still not sure where to start.

I am sure Google will find auctioneers in your area

The key to the first call is determine if the are; 1) Interested in selling, 2) Determine how motivated they are3) Get an idea of the price they wantThere are plenty of people search sites on the net to help you find them.

Also, just search around the BP site, lots of great info here.

I used every MS Office trick that I knew (and several that I had to google), and after about a week and a half of moving data around, lining up my cells with the pertinent information where it needed to be, and figuring out all the kinks in the system, I finally had the information I needed, all neatly lined up, with different categories for different mailings on different excel sheets "This page is for out-of-state absentee owners of SFR's...

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