I have no clue where to start and find distressed sellers.

Assuming you bought distressed or at a great value turn-key, you should be able to make a nice profit and always do so as a 1031 exchange so that you buy more properties and increase your cash flow and equity.Liquidate Through 1031 Exchange Every 5-7 Years: Owning for 30 years while the house increases in deferred maintenance, the neighborhood may go down in quality or desirability are not good ideas.

Do you think I should just continue to search for distressed homes off the market and shooting offers?

Wussup fellas, im fairly new as well...I'm also from Brooklyn and I've been mailing out letters for a couple of months to owners of properties that look distressed or based off of public record...I've gotten a few calls but they were not motivated...I've never bought a list, maybe that'll be my next move.

Distressed properties used to be a dime-a-dozen in Florida, now they are drying up.

Let him know you are wanting to buy distressed, fix them up, and then refinance traditionally.

Yes I agree Andrew regarding to draw the line on revitalization on distressed areas.

The nature of my investing will start as flipping single-family homes, and evolve into multi-family rentals and later into renovation of distressed multi-family residences.  

Can someone tell me whats the best way to go about finding bank owned or distressed properties?

Example; if you get a listing that say is in distress or going to  be in distress at some point in time and you know they would take less than market value for the property but since now you represent the seller you must work on getting them the highest and best price the market will bare.