Starting in a saturated city.

[Kurt Africa]

Hi im a new investor and would like some advice on starting. I live in Toronto and the market here makes it hard to find value deals( if there is even one) I dont yet have the confidence to start going to other areas and was wondering if theres any strategies that i can apply to a city such as Toronto. The two strategies i was hoping to use were wholesaling and lease options, but again the market here almost makes it impossible to find a deal using the 1 percent rule. ( A good deal here is finding something more like half a percent)

thanks 

kurt