Finding Motivated Sellers

If you should be a real estate investor or considering becoming one, you know (or soon will know) that real estate investing is all about finding truly great deals and that starts with motivated sellers. So, why does it surprise people when I speak on goal setting that I spend plenty of time on goal setting regarding motivated sellers. If you need motivated sellers, to accomplish most or even all of your other goals, then doesn't it make sense to focus on the motivated seller part of one's goals, at the very least at the start? Anyone considering my portfolio of audio CDs and courses will quickly find a pattern; over half of the titles are about finding motivated sellers. Why is that? Let's consider it. Let's say you've an objective to make $10,000 each month from owning rental property. To locate rental property that will give you excellent cash flow, you'll need to buy the houses which have strong rents and try to buy them as inexpensively as possible. How wil