Over the past 4 months I sent out about 3,000 letters to a semi-targeted list (2% reponse rate), made 1,000 cold calls (25% response rate), had multiple investor friendly realtors looking for oportunities, and of course checked zillow/realtor daily.

An NSF Fee was charged as well as additional daily late fees.

But they are generally entry level younger people at a boring job. if you havent been 'encouraging' them with daily communication, I would encourage you to do so with with your point of contact. they may not be doing the necessary follow up needed to get a tenant in the home. and you inquiring everyday will most likely encourage them to do the necessary follow up.

Within those cities, I am targeting assets in central business districts (CBDs) and popular entertainment areas where large amounts of people congregate daily. 

I've been reading every real estate book I can get my hands on and listening to podcast daily.

Start by networking with other investors on BiggerPockets who are active in those areas, and make a habit of browsing Zillow and other platforms daily.

The good agents, PM's and lenders can pinpoint the risks and often do both in these forums and in their daily business but they are the minority (if you happen to have them in your rolodex,  hold on to those relationships, they will prove invaluable over time). 

We are seeing, right now, PayPal, Square, Grayscale, and the like, buying Bitcoin by the billions of dollars and buying ALL of the daily mined supply.

Its a tight market for sure but theres many good opportunities on a daily basis, hopefully you found something that fits your buying criteria in the time frame that this was posted.

It's different in Europe where they have more relaxed restrictions on alcohol in terms of age limits, having a beer during lunch at work, wine being less expensive and more prevalent as a daily drink, etc. and they also have a different culture around suing each other over silly stuff as well.