I don't do much "creative" financing cause time is wasted dealing through gatekeepers/agents, I do my creativity usually by buying deep or making a market for someone needy.

You cant drive to more than 2 of them in a day.

Drive around, ask people that live there how they feel about the area, and, if you can, live there for a year.

Nothing beats prospecting to find deals:1) driving for dollars2) door knocking3) cold callingThe great thing about #3 is that it can be handed off to a VA once you get busy, I know I run a Real Estate Call Center.

Outside capital has come in and shored up pricing from the bottom up, driving up the lowest end of the pricing spectrum (or as low as investors were comfortable going).

Just make sure you have your attorney ready to go to initiate a summary proceeding to evict as soon as they do not vacate.I would not try and drive them out with an unrealistic rent increase. 

Drive by the property the next day.

As you drive around the city it is evident that the SFH and multifamily builders are not showing any signs of slowing.Rental MarketThe data for rentals is not as readily available as it is for sales, so, we are using some official data and some of our knowledge in the local market.

“Driving for dollars” is not a viable strategy; the people successful at wholesaling spend $10,000 + monthly on marketing 5. 

You probably need to have some pretty deep conversations on how you plan to get the things in life each of you want.