Driving for Dollars

On Sunday I spent 40 minutes driving for dollars...in other words, driving to key neighborhoods of interest to see which homes were for sale, looked abandoned, etc.

I went to one neighborhood and was floored by how many empty properties there were...it wasn't a rough neighborhood (or ghetto as some would call it). In fact, this is your typical South Florida middle class neighborhood....but I wrote down about 10 properties of interest. Some were clearly foreclosed properties - a couple had code violation stickers all over the windows so I'll have to make some calls to see what the scoop is on those.

Other homes had For Sale By Owner so we'll definitely give those a call this week. And lastly, there were a few that were for rent supposedly but it looked like the owners didn't care spend too much time caring for the property because the grass was SO high. We'll call them too...perhaps they really just want to get the property off their hands!

I also wrote down the phone numbers on a handful of bandit signs. We're hoping to establish contacts for our buyer's list and this should be a great way for finding them.