Be creative with your mail pieces and try to do something other than the same old tired "we buy houses" phrase.I know in my area, we have reached a point of absolute saturation with the number of realtors and investors out there.

- Mapping this area, it's saturated with mobile homes and 500+ apt units. 

If your set on taking on Brooklyn with high hopes then partner up with many investors, you won't succeed in 2017 on Your own.You will hear success story from others about the past but that's the past and this is 2017 were capital means everything.Getting any type of loans require a great deal which you won't find because Brooklyn is already over saturated with other investors which makes hard finding off market deals unless your willing to spend $20k on marketing to get an edge.My advice start in NJ because NYC and its 5 boroughs have become a big boys town with heavy million dollar pockets.

To piggy back on this, what would you do as an aggressive strategy with the following info:-Live in a state over saturated with flippers/wholesalers (I've looked at probably 40 deals with fluffed up numbers) and expensive buy and holds-Have a fairly flexible schedule, meaning can invest in other areas, be hands on.

And is this particular neighbor an actual problem or is he/she just over-reacting from the media saturation of this story?

In addition, a couple of those neighborhoods are fairly saturated already by non-buy and hold investors, thus making it much harder to get in at a good deal price-point.

These markets are less saturated with investors and have high rental demand. 

The Houston market is saturated but you can be successful with the right amenities and location.

This is in addition to many markets have become saturated with STRs so you will have more competition now compared with the state of STRs in 2022. 

I decided to rent my unit to supplement my income this year but the market in the Bay Area is saturated right now.