Thanks guys for all the welcomes and advice..I did some driving for dollars today and found 13 house that were in rough shape so going do some comps on them tonight for practice and skip trace then cold call

The best way is really to create a list of local banks and credit unions within say an hour drive of the property and contact them all.

I've been driving for dollars a lot this week.

My only property I own is also in another state, but my partner lives local and is able to drive to the property as needed when something goes wrong.What are some things we can do to avoid paying a management company?

Lending is starting to open up a bit, but that is driving down transaction volume for the time being.As for your strategy, building relationships with brokers, using ListSource to locate target properties, and direct outreach to sellers (cold calls, direct mail, etc).

I have been doing extensive research on St Petersburg since last March and plan to try to meet with some real estate pros and go driving around the neighborhoods while down there.

While all the factors mentioned so far are meaningful in the decision making process, your selection needs to start with finding someone who has integrity and who you can trust.

Your letter may have the effect of driving out your tenant if there is no viable alternative. 

so i was driving 4 dollars and I came across a boarded up house that is listed as owner occupied (obviously its not) I used propstream found its under and estate and I am assuming the owner on record died recently.

@Daniel Hankins--I'm right on board up until it says "Sorry for formatting errors from pasting from google drive".I love and agree with the positive, git-er-done theme of that first part.