I have been going through the documents, reading wills, sifting through probate notes and orders, filtering out cases where they have real property, that might be a good lead.

And yes there are PLENTY of Section8 tenants that meet all of this criteria, it's literally a matter of sifting through the BSers,...which leads to the background check.I also place in the ad that there is a $35.00 nonrefundable background check that they will pay that will need to be done on everyone that is over 18 years old that would potentially be living at the property and I make sure they are OK with that in the text message also.

So, yeah, I sift through a lot of garbage, have a lot of emails go unreturned, and find enough meaningful substance for my little niche of the real estate world.  

Should I be...Focusing on SEO (writing articles, keyword research, etc.)Split testing ads, copy and landing pagesFiguring out Google AdwordsTrolling different listing sites for dealsCrafting Facebook adsEducating myselfToday I found myself spending my allocated time somewhat randomly sifting through blog posts, forum posts, etc.I know no one can give me THEE answer. :) Something that came to mind while writing all of this is giving myself a concrete work schedule again!

It’s true that they could lie on their profiles but it’s probably a good first step to sift through the comments and put the comments of those who are really opinionated, yet have not had much personal success with real estate, aside and give more weight to the comments of those who really know what they are talking about.Here is a list of some people on BiggerPockets whose opinions I listen to closely and value because they have fruit on the tree.

I have to sift through lots of applications to get there, but there are good tenants in Vegas just like any other city.

I've sifted through a handful of other posts and could not find a direct response similar to my concern. 

While sifting through properties, I see huge differences in price, with some land in the low tens of thousands, and some over $1.5 million.

Sift through that dirt to find the gold.Adam

As you gain more experience in the biz, you will likely run into wholesalers, they will likely be coming to you and finding you and then all you need to do is sift through the garbage (and tons of it) until you find that gem.