Once you have the agent then he/she can scout around and find you a seller willing to negotiate in that kind of way.

I would suggest obtaining a good map of Philadelphia neighborhoods and having it handy when you out scouting neighborhoods.

I have been driving neighborhoods, looking at neighborhood scout/walk score/zilpy, and calling any local property management sign I see trying to get a feel for what market will work best for my first investment.

If that means traveling to see your properties or scouting out new investments, these could be considered reasonable deductions. 2.

I also have him to scout for properties.

I didn't get a chance to get into much detail on how I scout for new leads.

I work fulltime, so was thinking a VA, buy lists, and try and recruit property scouts.

I love driving the neighborhood and scouting houses but I don't have the capital to buy my first yet.

Quick trip, but we wanted to scout out some good B-grade neighborhoods like Raytown, Independence, etc. - any suggestions for other B neighborhoods that offer solid investment SFR’s?

Ok, so I scouted the entire neighborhood for distressed homes.