How do you usually find your first property?

[PING CUI]

I am a newbie in this field and want to know how people here usually find your property, especially the first one? I understand network, but when I have zero experience, I also have no network. Should I start with an agent who can help me find the property, then start to build my network, or do my own on-line research to find the property? Thanks a lot.

[Anastasia Jordan]

Footwork against online list or online list then site visit.

I'm trying to buy in my own area. I visit the property beforehand. I don't have the resources to buy sight unseen. The deal I'm looking at now involves a home that an investor started rehabbing then stopped.  My plan is to find homes that require the least amout of rehabbing possible.