Finding deals before they hit FB/Craigslist

[Peter Vazquez]

So I have started my real estate journey and I'm on the hunt for leads. I'm in the very competitive Omaha market and have been driving for dollars and sent out 1500 post cards and waiting for those to produce. As I can't just sit here and twiddle my thumbs I started looking through Facebook and Craigslist for leads but it seems to me that a lot of those houses are already under contract or are being sold at a price where wholesaling would be impossible cause I wouldn't be able to sell with assignment fee. My question is what is the best way to find off market property before it hits these sites so that I can buy them from homeowners vrs other investors.