Another great source of information is individual blogs found in peoples signatures.

I know that the commercial sites don't generally allow you to resell their data, but I generate my own data from public sources (eg: government web-sites).I use the data personally to assess the market, generate trends/leads, etc, but I was thinking the other day that other people might be interested in the data.Thanks!

It will have come from a "source account"...That will tell you which representative of HUD you are dealing with...Examples here in Florida are HomeTelos, PEMCO, etc.Almost all of them have a generic e-mail like "contracts@.................... dot comPlease submit an e-mail that requests they it is escalated to the contracts coordinator for your case number.They will usually contact you and you can ask them the pointed questions.What you are describing is highly unusual... we do multiple offers every day for investors all over Florida and have never heard of this problem before...Sorry for your troubles...

I have learned the art of persuasion and selling from numerous sources over the years, however, the best persuasion techniques that I have learned came from one of my favorite mentors, Brendan Burchard.

Pro-Tip: Be proactive by actively sourcing using the tools on your platform of choice.

This place is an incredible source to get us where we want to go! 

Treat it like a business (time block for lead generating, some social media posts, talk/learn from more experienced agents in your brokerage), learn all you can from online sources.  

Another advantage is you are talking to the source, there is no back and fourth with the agent waiting to hear back from the seller.

There is no single stream source of deals.

You can find "Don't wanters" on the MLS, but another good source is off-market properties as well.