Once a lender becomes the legal owner of a vacant property, they usually attempt to dispose of it (via the MLS or other methods) fairly quickly.

If I had just one method to effectively sell, this is what I'd do.

Other than asking a property management company and driving around neighborhood for "for rent" signs (I am an out of state investor, so the latter method is not possible), is there any way (or any website) to find the information?

Though my favorite method is getting your real estate license and letting yourself into all the houses yourself...

Use a variety of investment methods and in several different market to diversify your portfolio.

This is a steep learning curve (managing bad tenant) compares to my full time professional.I spend a lot of time reading and listening podcast/audio book regarding how to acquire properties that cash-flow with good cash-on-cash, different method to try to finance and investing strategy, but I fail to put any education time in place for tenant management.

His method will give you a disgust for mobile homes.

If someone enters into an agreement while you are making renovations, they will have contingencies in the contract that allows them many methods for backing out.

. -- these are all good methods of finding people who are ready to sell, but haven't yet taken the step of listing their house.

He has perfected a method of achieving cash-flow without having to be a landlord and without having to rehab properties.