Hey Daryl,Start with talking to folks that are currently in your sphere.

If memory serves me correctly he has two 2300 or 3400 sealed tanks (I think they may be spheres?)...

Your sphere unless unusually large will get you a few deals in a year.

Focus the marketing plan on your sphere and people you come into contact with.

Also, about investing in or near OZ.  

However my sphere is what's been getting me the most leads right now. 

There is no "Oz" hiding behind a curtain setting home prices, home prices are exactly what a seller agrees to sell at and a buyer agrees to buy at.

Further more, some ideas to generate leads would be finding tired landlords, Send mailers to out of state land lords, Drive neighborhoods looking for vacant and abandoned homes, Talk to the mail carrier and other delivery people because they would know the empty houses in the area, Mailers to Landlords who own more than one property with back taxes, Mailers to Landlords who own tax delinquent multi-family properties, Place “We Buy houses” flyers/business cards at unemployment offices….a lot of people there could be having trouble with their homes and may need a solution, One-page Flyers posted on bulletin boards at large stores-get approval from manager though, Using Craigslist to find sellers, Send emails to craigslist ads with apartments for rent (the emails go to landlords who may be looking to sell, or buying more properties) Target people who have been transferred (job) and must sell NOW, Military transferees, Move-up buyers-People that need to sell and get a bigger house but feel stuck free & clear houses because they might sell with seller financing, Network with moving companies, Network with termite (WDO) and pest control companies, Network with real estate servicers – title companies, insurance agents, mortgage brokers and lenders – everybody knows someone in distress, Network with credit repair companies to assist their customers that must sell, Funeral homes and obituaries, Houses with boarded up doors and windows, Houses with blue tarps on the roof, Network at your local real estate investment or landlord association, Network with your sphere of influence - hand out your business cards to everyone you know- you may learn your neighbor has a friend that needs to sell a house etc.

Your sphere. 

The first year set it aside for learning all the aspects of being a RE broker: market inventory, contracts, sales process and creating a sphere of influence.