Concentrate on investment properties (multi units) having below market rents not personal homes.

Internet search?

I put the few questions in parentheses.Thank you,TonyPlan:possibly start out with small, unimproved/vanant land1)Find buyers and make a buyers list--Market your wholesaling business---Using bandit signs "I sell houses dirt cheap"---Business cards---Internet---Real estate meet-ups2)Find a lawyer that can help make a contract--due diligence clause--option agreement--allow both parties to know who you are representing to avoid legal disputes (buyer & seller)3)Find my target area where I will do my house searching--Using the County Appraisal District4)Find distressed properties--Tall grass--Piled up mail--Boarded up windows--Take a pen & paper, take notes and pictures of the property5)Create an excel spreadsheet of the property--Owner-occupied?

There are no signs on the street that says no parking, I called the police and they told me that rules reg. overnight parking is written on the internet, new residents should know this when they move in.

We don't see a whole lot of this, but there are those folks that get out on the internet and read too much of the wrong stuff and then want to get overly creative....A SDIRA can be a fantastic way to create retirement wealth without having to push the envelope of the IRS rules, so why go there?

I find my self constantly on the internet looking for the next "boom city" or a city that is in recovery on the rise or a city in a seller's market.

A little internet research has gotten me the phone number of the likely owner. 

Around here a lot of the homeowners that end up actually selling to investors are older people who don't really utilize the internet much.

These would be things like business mileage on your personal vehicle, a home office, maybe your cell phone and internet, etc. 

Internet strangers from all over the country may have opinions, but few real answers.