Struggling to find deals

[Derek Brickley]

Hi all!  I graduated from college in 2022 and started working at a mortgage company and have gotten preapproved for a househack.  I’ve been looking for about a month and a half with a investor-friendly agent for on-market deals but I haven’t had any luck. My goal for 2023 is to get into my first househack in a 2-4 unit property preferably side-by-side or up-down.  At the moment nothing is being listed in my local market, and anything listed is not in my Crystal Clear Criteria for location/sub market or the numbers are no where close to making it a good deal.  I won’t push myself into a deal that doesn’t work, but I am getting very eager to make it all happen.  Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions?  I don’t know much about finding deals off-market, but I’m wondering if that is where I need to start.  Thank you in advance!