Path of least resistance is to buy more than to unearth what we already have.

While regrouting I find myself whispering promises to the "Grand dame", telling her of how we have a friend who is preparing moulding identical to the original which will be put up next month, and assuring her that, soon, there will once again be laughing children decorating a Christmas tree in her front room window, and that maybe, just maybe, I;ll be able to convince the next people living within her protective walls to hang one of the Christmas ornaments unearthed in the deepest part of the crawl space onto that tree.Not almost, this has definitely become a spiritual experience for me.

@Jamie Greenberg If you search on Bills name, Dion DePaoli, or Dave van Horn, you will unearth a load of material on financing, notes discussions amongst it.  

@Steven Sprague I would not do any work before you close, any number of things can be unearthed in the probate process.

A little DD might unearth some hidden value!

A title search should unearth any additional liens.

Day #2 Today we unearthed the cement mixer that hasn’t been used in 10+ years.

And, that's a huge mistake because most of the deals are unearthed on the follow-up.

There's great deals to be unearthed all over.

If you are marketing direct to individual "mom and pop" note sellers then those opportunities may exist but they take time to unearth and cultivate (and in my book that becomes active rather than passive)!