Post 10x more craigslist adds, post marketplace ads on biggerpockets, go to REIAS and collect business cards and look for the real players.

Whenever I go to the marketplace, one particular listing is always on top.

@Matthew Stanizzi I think it would be helpful here to see your deal analysis here- it also depends if you are inheriting tenant and if they have leases or they are a taw-  also if its lead certified, separate utilities, if the rents are below market you want to consider your plan on raising them over time as well 

High cash flow  ( I E identified as cash flow with 20% down )  as we know everything cash flows if you pay cash.and high appreciation rarely go together.. and % appreciation  you have to be careful with.. some folks can say hey my market appreciated 50% last year or last 5 years but the house went from 20k to 30k.. that's 50%  or you can buy in SF for 1 million and those appreciated 50% and went from 1 mil to the current 1.6 mil median SF home price.. trying to find this unicorn will cause some paralysis on your end if you get to literal about it.if your going out of state  AS @Brian Ploszay stated the people working for you in the market place are NUMBER 1 concern.. stats don't matter if you PM is not working right or your units get trashed  or what have you.

I did not sent the letter certified and forgot to follow up, which are clearly mistakes on my part.

You just have to certify that you lived in the house.

If you have a good deal and you post it here in the marketplace or on Craig's list the phone will ring.

The Milwaukee market place tends to me “small town-ish”.

Stanley Marketplace is just north of here.

@Ivo Draginov You might want to post this under the "Marketplace" section.