I've spent the last 3 months before I came up here just scouring through Utah to find good investment rental properties to hand over to investors in order to collect a commission.

I have been scouring Craigslist, websites from land sellers and EBay for properties that would be ideal.

I've been scouring BiggerPockets for awhile and finally felt it was time to get more involved and contribute.I grew up in Kentucky (#BBN) and recently moved to Ohio.

Maybe in a buyer's market where the opportunities are plenty you can use rules of thumb to eliminate deals but I think in the current market you have to be willing to dig deep to be successful.The actions I take:-stay focused on deals that fit my investment criteria, 10 to 100 units for me in my target market, don't chase shiny objects-scour the MLS, Loopnet & Crexi for deals that match my criteria-go to conferences, networking events and meet people from BP-meet bankers, brokers PM and investors for lunch and coffee-repeatBasically, this is all about forming relationships and taking actions.

In that time I listened to a bunch of BP Podcasts (thank you commute), read a bunch of blogs and other materials, and scoured the market for data on relevant info.

Though just because you scoured the market once and didn't find any deals, doesn't mean there won't be one tomorrow or next week or next month.

Let me know your thoughts.I've been scouring the property appraisers websites to see who is buying property and what it is selling for in different areas.

I have reached out to many and scoured the listings without any real traction yet, so I would like to go with a personal referral.

If you have lots of time and little money, you can find them manually buy scouring the tax records, looking for cash buyers in your area.  

If owned by a single member LLC or individual I will mail them, otherwise I typically pass since it's already in investor hands and less likely to get a good deal up front.A lot of the serious MHP investors even hire virtual assistants to scour the CAD website, make phone calls to Park Managers, etc for ownership info on those properties not on the common lists.