Kings Ave, you might kill two birds with one stone and stop by before work begins, but usually, much of the work is accomplished before inspection.

Chasing cash flow in these neighborhoods is rarely a viable business model as I've learned.

Lenders will chase you down and offer the world. 

(I've heard stories about boondockers getting chased out of the walmart parking lots here, but not from any direct source.)  

At least 70% of the agent-driven applications we get for one of our listed rentals is a waste of time.The agents are ignorant, lazy or both.They expect us to chase THEIR client for required documents and they nonstop complain we're asking for too much - when it's all right on our website.We also take over management for new investors and many times their agent was again, ignorant and/or lazy, and didn't require leases, rent ledgers, tenant contact info, etc. as part of the purchase contract.

99% of the experts will say yes, and these are the perfect audience to chase after... because they are in some dire distress.But let's look at data.

I read about your challenges with bird-dogging for properties, especially in areas outside your current location.

This can kill 2 birds with one stone.

I sign up for this all in 2019 for this is the first time I’ve logged in.I bought a place in 2018, remodeled and sold in 2022 and chased my dream of 20 years of moving to Jackson Wy however investing here in not an option since I’m not a billionaire sooooo I am planning my next moves and looking to invest.I have roughly $30K (potentially $50K) to invest in a flex and flip as I’m not sure I could do the landlord thing.I have been looking in places I would like to actually live which is eastern Oregon, North central/East Tennessee, Rapid City or Naples-Clearwater Florida areas.Any help or ideas would be awesome!

A lot of sellers are burned-out landlords who like the idea of "passive income"/mailbox money after years of chasing late rent payments, dealing with tenant BS and maintaining the property (I use quotes for "passive income" b/c no income is truly passive IMO, a wise seller will still pay attention to what's happening with the property in case they need to take it back, but collecting payments like a bank is generally easier than collecting them like a landlord, you can set up ACH with the buyer's bank or hire a loan processing company to handle it).