He trashed the house so badly I sold it to the church across the street at 75% of what I paid for it and they tore it down.

church!!

In the distressed asset arena generally referrals don't work like that.. but I can see it happening from time to time.best bet is to work your church group or your close community ties.. that's were you can do good if you not going to market.  

Other family members did the decorations at the church.

Bandit signs (your city may be strict and take them down, put them up when city workers are not working and put them in front of a Church,Walmart or any other high traffic area because you will want full exposure) Craigslist ads (Be very consistent with these, 1-2 a week) Business cards (Very very beneficial if you give these to waiters or waitresses or people you know and give them a nice referral fee.

https://www.denverpost.com/2016/12/01/denver-church-condo-for-sale/

Last year she worked a 'job' at our church that netted us $500 in W2 income. 

and yeah, it'll make you sweat more than a whore in church, lol.

Capitol Investors meetup in East Falls Church.

for a total wholesaler fee of 13k... lots of wholesale activity in Baltimore.. me thinks the way to do this is to get to know them then co wholesale.. my buyer is a big known buyer so all of them try to get to him.. most get put off.... so not sure if its one dude or what but its mainly private names.. no LLC's  seller was a church... they probably got it donated and it went through the community …  True story.