Struggling to find deals

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Hello everyone I hope this reaches you in good health, I have been researching wholesaling for a year now. I've gained a lot of knowledge from youtube videos to even people on this platform. I have been struggling to find off-market deals. Many people tell me to subscribe to pop streams, batch leads, etc. I have used both platforms and it seems to be most data is outdated, I keep seeing youtube videos speaking about government lists when I visited the courthouse I was looked at very dumbly is there something I'm doing wrong? I also know there's a way to access them online but I'm always told it needs to go by name is there not a public record that you can just skip trace? I know this is a lot but I would appreciate any help or tips. I'm wholesaling in the Ohio area such as Cinci, Columbus, and Cleveland.