There’s a few really good easy read books out there as to why Baltimore developed the way that it did starting over a 100 years ago which in many ways ways is still pervasive and has crippled the city even to today.

Both of these have changed with interest rates higher than in the last 3 years and technology making it relatively easy to track deed transfers.

@Moshe Cohen   The easy answer is called "delayed financing" assuming you are buying/bought the property with cash. 

@Bob Stevens and I said this last year-- this was easy.

You probably think Section 8 sounds easy because the government pays you, but that's not how it is.

I use Innago and found it easy and helpful.

Not possible.The only way to reliably get in touch with motivated sellers is for you to make it easy for them to find you.Get a solid website, work on the 3 pillars of conversions:1.

Once you have a great deal the lending part is easy.

Suburban areas should encourage ADU development and make it easy to turn underutilized parking in places like church lots into housing. 

Are there listings easy to recreate?