I'm aware of the newspaper ads, but was wondering where one might go find a list to sift through if there is such a place.

Or there's app for all this manual labor stuff.Don't forget the kid who had a newspaper route! 

Your picture of the newspaper reminds me that in an older house (not as old at the 1901 house) we found lots of old newspapers used as insulation. 

I started out by reading everything I could get my hands on...books from the library, forums, newspaper articles, etc.

My first suggestion is to join a local real estate investors association, just google and ad your city, so you can find a mentor or partner who has the same interest that you do.Some basic methods of finding properties are:1) Driving for dollars - Drive your farm area looking for vacant and distressed properties2) Place adds in small newspapers or direct mail newsletters3) Place adds on internet sources like craigslist and backpages or Use homemade bandit signs (batman buys houses etc.)4) Other wholesalers5) expire mls listings or FSBOSSome more advanced methods are:1) Working City Code Violations2) Creating a Birdog network3) Tenant evictions list4) Tax certificate sales pre auction list5) Bankruptcies/divorcesOf course you still have foreclosures and probates, but those are the norm and have heavy competitionGood luck Big E

You probably wouldn't get that written in a newspaper ad and tenants will skip over that part on a Craigslist ad.

I think you can get the newspapers down by Borough Hall.

Some Realtors and Investors only know about the city from newspaper and news clips

I personally find Astrology very interesting and I am not talking about the typical Horoscope you read in a newspaper or magazine, but actual Planet alignments and happenings in the Cosmos.

The media isn't on MHP owner's side and the same things that make them long term tenants in most parks, make great emotional appeals in newspaper articles.