It's a pretty meticulous process to browse through the listings available on Redfin, Zillow, the MLS feed my realtor sends me, etc to find the "diamond in the rough", or at least identify potential candidates for a house hacking investment vs. deals I shouldn't even look at.What makes it more challenging is when there are no or bad pictures, the bedroom/bathroom count doesn't match the count in the description, how the bed/baths are separated (and if there's a way to make a part of the house separate studio), and when I can't identify how large the lot in the back is.

I’ve started to browse those as well.

That's not to say there aren't pockets where you can see more favorable returns, similar to some of the suggestions the folks here have offered.Essex County has some good opportunities but be wary of the locations when browsing. 

Just browse this forum, and you will find dozens if not hundreds of threads on this topic.That said, Series LLC in our state are cheap and do not have annual fees.

Listen to the BP podcasts, browse the forums, the Blog posts are great too, Check out local meetups if there are any close to you! 

Start browsing BP with keyword searches to find active investors in your area.

What I did before I found my agent was browsing through Zillow, Realtor, Redfin and contact the agent that way.

I found it just browsing on Zillow.

I would say at first I was browsing the market since I’m new to Buffalo, but over the last 5 months had analyzed the few deals that fit my criteria which were move in ready for house hacking since I have a girlfriend and daughter.

While browsing the local listings I came across a property in a neighborhood we are interested in that was listed as a pre-forclosure.