The seller would also have to analyze how your plans complicate the land as a whole and being able to sell given what you want to do.

I have partnerships already established with some properties and wish i knew more at the time of setting them up however as i continue to invest i look forward to applying new techniques.

So I save a couple bucks and learn a ton about a complicated task.

What techniques are good for selecting neighborhood/city regions with high concentrations of junker properties?

Im looking at new acquisition techniques that others in my market have yet to capitalize on.

What are the best websites to run tenants through after they send in an application? I see a TON of ones out there - but wondering if anyone has experience with any of them, and which ones are better than others?

I do not know how widely used this technique is used.

Also, Zillow gives you two different figures for sold homes: the actual "sold for" price which is pulled from public record, and their "Zestimate," which is the website's estimation of the home's value, which may or may not be even close to accurate, depending on a few factors.From what I understand, Zillow uses a complicated formula to determine value, using things like recently sold comparables, bedrooms, bathrooms, and square footage.

She'd actually gotten a rehab quote and pulled comps as well, none of which I was interested in.Sharon Vornholt recently wrote in the BP blog about the other no-money technique using a double close, which she apparently does all the time, using C's money to buy A's property.

Buy/sell decision part needs to be included.Here (2) is more complicated.