What Process Do You Use For Finding Properties

[Austin Paige]

New to BP Forums and REI. I have been watching hours and hours of videos on this subject but I just wanted to reach out to see what has been most successful for everyone here. I have seen some people driving for dollars, but what makes a good neighborhood to target? I understand the concept of seeing a distressed house while driving, then using skip tracing to obtain the owners information and cold calling to make an offer. My question is does any one have a step by step process on what they do on a daily basis to find deals. I have a full time job but would love to spend my free time finding deals. I have read some people go on google maps to find a neighborhood they want to buy in and look at houses, then cross-reference them with Zillow to see if they have been recently sold. Would this be a good strategy? It just seems like I'm trying to drink out of a water house with the amount of information online and would love a simplified process on how to get started finding good deals.

Thank You All!