Where to find rental opportunities?

[Vin Galante]

I’m new to real estate and I want to start looking for rental opportunities, anyone know good websites ?

[Mike S.]

Originally posted by @Larry Alexander:

If I was new to real estate (and I am), I would work with a realtor, unless you are already a realtor. Realtors have access to the MLS and if your lucky enough to find a real estate investing realtor, they will by experience know a good deal when they see one. This assumes by "rental opportunities" you mean you are looking to invest in property that you can then rent out and earn some serious cash flow, right? Or are you yourself looking to find a home or room to rent?

I'm going to disagree a little about the realtor.  No one is going to find a deal for you, especially as a new investor.  A realtor is a good investment realtor if they make themselves available to you when you want view a property.  If they are really, really good at finding deals, they probably are buying them themselves or they have list of clients a mile long with great track records buying property.  You're not going to get their best deals.  Maybe that's okay for a new investor, that you just get your feet wet, but don't rely on anyone but yourself to do the research and finding properties to buy.