Where did you find your first deal?

[Caleb Graham]

I've been looking at and making offers on duplexes and some single-family homes for about 6 months now. This will be my first property and I'm looking to do a house hack or find a single-family that needs some work in a good area of my city. I've made about 10 offers and almost every time, have been beaten by an all-cash offer or someone forgoing an inspection and closing faster than I'm willing to. 

I know 10 offers in 6 months isn't a crazy amount, but since this is my first property I'm being quite cautious. I've also pretty much exclusively found these properties through the MLS.

For those of you who have done 1 or multiple deals, how did you find your first one? Is this just par for the course? Do I need to lower my standards or try to find alternative ways to source deals?