Scottsdale was runner up but I lived in a desert before and I can't handle 120 degrees!

These groups provide excellent networking opportunities, as well as the forums here.The problem with he Crawl, Walk, Run analogy is that while it works for runners where it is quite literal it does not really apply to REI. 

I'm an endurance runner and regularly run 15+ miles on Saturdays and Sundays, so I think I'll run different neighborhoods and see what's out there.

For example, my brokerage hires people at base level for what equates to a runner position, entry level, just getting lockboxes, looking at properties etc.

Maybe try contacting some of the larger law firms and title companies and see if they need a runner to meet clients on the road or in their homes to sign documents. 

I took multiple steps back to zoom out and realize the actual problem is within the framing of the passion and not the passion itself.Take an Olympic runner for instance and compare this to someone (me) wanting to create substantial wealth.

Once the contract is signed we send one of our runners to take a full set of pictures (usually about 50pics) of the property, and our dispo team decides if we want to move forward or not.

I'm a runner so over the last few months I've been running neighborhoods, writing down addresses of properties that look "distressed", then finding the info on washoe county's website, and sending letters to the homeowner.

There's some others that do squeak by with some cash flow, but those two are the front-runners I know of.

Prescreening is why I am asking for recommendations here as the original front runners that I found have been ruled out due to various deficiencies that made them unacceptable (none of the reasons were cost)…