This is often more difficult to find but one strategy would be to talk with STR investors who are active in the market there. 

The key is to be ready, wait for the right property, and adjust your offer based on the strategy you want to deploy.The time of year is less important than the property itself.

. :)Anyway, I like your strategy of driving and looking for houses in need of repair and sending handwritten letters and contacting rentals for the reasons you gave.

Your strategy of partnering for the down payment is exactly what I’m working toward—leveraging relationships to make things happen.

You’ve given me a lot to think about, especially regarding refining my ideal PML strategy.

@Drew Sygit my strategy for now is to spend the next 6 months or so learning everything I can about real estate markets, properties, underwriting, financing, landlords, property management, construction, legal, insurance, and anything else that comes across my radar, all the while trying to make connections and build relationships within each of these areas to build a network and gain the confidence to sell lenders and investors on the very best deals I can come up with.

Whatever you buy you likely won’t keep it down the line as you better define your investment strategy, so my advice is to pick an asset that’s going to teach you the most in the quickest amount of time.

But I see  so many people swear against Section 8 that it makes me think that I may be oversimplifying this strategy.

, but I stumbled on it while Googling strategies for short-term rentals in Denver.

Can be a good strategy, but my understanding is BRRRR is generally dependent on refinancing and pulling back that cash invested to repeat the next one