Rare combination that is hard to match. 

One of the biggest misconceptions I see from beginners (I'm guilty too) is that you set an ambitious goal & then search for the magical city or the MLS listing for a property that matches your goal.Best motto I heard from my mentors "Great deals are created not found." 

Matches what I am seeing/feeling as a newbie investor. 

@Daniel Lozowy you skip trace to find their contact info. a free way to do so is by searching the address via truepeoplesearch.com and matching that to the owner’s name you have. this is how i contact property owners when searching for deals. hope it helps!

I have never seen that.Any deal you analyze underneath it will say "match me, looking to buy or sell" 

It's very possible to have labour cost lower than the Midwest,or at least matching.

Couple things to check for:- Check to see if the applicant's name, address and personal contact info matches across all information you receive like credit check and ID to make sure you are dealing with who they say they are.- Have a set of rental criteria you are looking for and compare against that criteria, like minimum ratio of income to rent, minimum credit score, etc.

There you will be asked your criteria and then after answering a few questions you will be matched with 3-5 agents or loan officers in your area.

I'm considering creating buyer profiles to quickly match investors with properties based on their specific criteria.

We have shifted our business model slightly to match up with our expected returns.