Stuck and looking for Ideas

[Ridge Rees]

Ive owned a duplex for about 2 years and for the past 6 months or so I have been searching for another deal. I live In Northern Utah which is getting to be a pretty expensive and competitive market. I house hack my current property and would mostly be looking to do that on the next one too. My problem is I cant seem to find any deals where the numbers make sense and anything that comes on the MLS (good deal or not) is under contracted the same day its listed. Has anyone ever had any luck with direct mail? Or have any other ideas as to finding good off-market deals? I'm not super knowledgeable in that area but would love to learn more. Thanks!