So here's one idea: if you want to find people near you in serious financial hot water, with pressing reasons to sell their house to you, why not look where you're sure to find these people?

I would press the buyer again for some kind of documentation of a lease, deposits ect.

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Not surprisingly I had to press them for some of the less favorable information, such as oil bill records on a house that was poorly insulated with an antiquated boiler. 

Many will issue press releases when they close on acquisitions, which result in articles in publications like Multi Housing News, GlobeSt, and Multifamily Biz.

You would be hard pressed to find anything in the city of Orlando in a good neighborhood for less than 200k so better to look on the outer edges of town.

Continue pressing forward because there is a rainbow on the other side with a fat pot of gold aka your money.

Baltimore has surely received it's share of negative press, but I think it is unfair to characterize the entire city as a bad place to invest.

Read the press release here"BNI Press release"The last day that the Tenant Landlord hotline will be taking calls is Friday August 10th."

I already sent it off to the press to be produced but I used a couple things you mentioned.