I know there is a ton of information here which I will scour to get lots of info, but my wife and I are purchasing a home to use as a short term rental/place for my mom and dad to stay a couple months out of the year.  

I've been scouring Zillow but it's hard to tell.

This is my first post (other two are replies), and I know it'll be lengthy, so thank you if you stick through my story, goals, and questions.I have been doing a ton of reading, listening to podcasts, scouring BP forums, and looking at home prices in my area.

Some mentees will act as a bloodhound for the mentor, knocking on doors, driving for dollars, scouring the internet, making cold calls, or performing other services that help the mentor find new deals.

I've had my head in books, scoured the web for every new term, researched the nitty gritty of any claimed new strategies I'd never heard of, been ripped off on a couple force fed guru "best way" webinar sales, backed out of a deal where they tried to stack the cards against me in a very sneaky way, passively attended a few meetups, talked to numerous lenders and even enrolled to get my Florida agent license. 

I have been scouring the MLS for cash flowing deals and have not seen much success. 

Low complexity scenario and plenty of resources like BiggerPockets that I’ve scoured.

Are they just scouring rental sites and assuming every property that disappears was rented?

We typically do not rely on many of our opportunities coming from wholesalers, but that's not to say we're not occasionally interested in something they have to offer.In addition to scouring our farm area while we drive around to and from our properties, and looking at aged(100 day+) listings and new low priced distressed condition listings on the MLS, which is where many of our deals come from, we reach out to local agents in the area we're looking to invest and let them know we pay cash.

Maybe find something that looks a bit down or even empty, then start scouring the tax rolls.