My 'software' - get close with a good local RE agent, subscribe to the local newspaper to see courthouse auctions, visit the courthouse weekly to track sales and outbid periods, watch the auction websites, watch the attorney websites that handle local foreclosure sales, if you are driving look for sale signs or vacant properties. 

Tell him to place adds in the newspaper as well with your direct phone number.

I'm in South Carolna and today on the front page of our newspaper there was a four page spread with pictures of the mega student warehouse rentals out by our stadium.

Yes they maybe a little more expensive than a mentor, Craig's list or newspaper ad responder, but you will be assured of a quality inspection, good photographic evidence and the security to know that if them miss something ... they have insurance to cover it.

What are the rental rates for 3/2 and 2/2 single family homes, apartments and mobile homes advertised in the local newspaper and on the web?

Your local news paper and a direct mail marketing along with advertising is your best way of finding deals off of the market.

I also do a search within their local newspaper.  

This piece from a writer and (perhaps accidental) landlord was in the online version of the Anchorage newspaper today.

They will not accept things such as flushable wipes, personal wipes, baby wipes, paper diapers, sanitary napkins, tampons, wads of toilet paper, dental floss, balls of hair, paper towels, newspapers, grease, oil, table scraps, bones, clothing, rags, sand, dirt, rocks, or children’s toys.

But despite all the newspaper articles and police shows on TV, I find a large majority of people never ever get sued.