Figuring out comps for an area

[Dominique Nugent]

I am new to real estate and I'm trying to better my tactics. 

I find myself picking out homes that are worth taking a look at, just to find out after upgrading it, there won't be room for profit. My understanding it isn't a peice of cake for agents to pull comps on an area, so I don't want to flood him with addresses for him to pull comps on.

How do you go about picking home to view for a particular area? Area there ways to figure out comps yourself? What should I do to better my searching?

Thanks in advance