My goal is to cast a wide net on identifying agents who investors have worked with and then slim the list down through interviews/research.

In either case I don't recommend investing in condos, the margins are slim and there's a lot of room for other people to interfere with the proper management of the asset.

Let's just agree your target market segment is real slim on these.Now that is the case with distressed homes, but there are also 'motivated sellers' who just do not have time wait 45 days for your buyers with VA/FHA loans to close. 

Profit margins, after paying lot rent, is slim but possible in the lower quality communities assuming lot rent is low.

that way you are not paying holding costs + rent.as others said, the market is slim if you are looking to cash flow it after it's done. 

Still some deals out there but there are slim and people seem to gobble them up fast...

BTW I'm not crazy to buy a bad deal but in NJ pickings are very slim in B to C neighborhoods.  

The market here follows behind CA about 2-3 years so while the REO properties are slim pickings there they are starting to flood our market out here.

The margins for error seem slim on that, and you are essentially buying it for more than that.If opportunity is going to come to you at an inconvenient time for you, then it better be worth it. 

As I am doing my research in the Oakland market, a lot of the math is starting to look slim in terms of cash flow so I started to study properties that could possibly be renovated with condo conversion potentials as a value add opportunity.