Know a bloke who dropped about 400 letter box drops and ended up buying privately in Liberty Parade Ivanhoe with the park and Darebin Creek at his back fence, another who purchased 46 alphington street from an old lady which is a dead end street that runs down to the Yarra, so theybwere both obviously after position and they got it.
I suppose like most things, if you want it bad enough, you'll find a way to get it if you are persistent enough.
