Additionally, you blanket a neighborhood you are interested in with door knocking, direct mail campaigns.  

Some mentees will act as a bloodhound for the mentor, knocking on doors, driving for dollars, scouring the internet, making cold calls, or performing other services that help the mentor find new deals.

It amazes me nowadays how people will throw money into a market and not spend any time in it(pre purchase) then wonder why it didn't work out.we literally purchased our second stilt house by walking up our stairway and the owner (of our now second str there) was walking up there stairs and we struck up a conversation and purchased it off market.My advice, allocate some of your investment funds to knock on doors and hang in the area you buying- its priceless.

Casting a large net by utilizing wholesalers, MLS, direct relationships with agents to get deals BEFORE they hit the MLS, driving for dollars/door knocking, direct mail, etc. are all great avenues if done correctly.Knowing how to calculate the ARV and rehab costs is also essential to identifying a good deal and that goes with any area.

Purchased all cash as a major fire damaged home & knocked almost all of it down and re-built it with new addition and rooftop deck with jet-liner views of the city!

Purchased all cash as a major fire damaged home and knocked almost all of it down and re-built it with new addition and rooftop deck with jet-liner views of the city!

We always request a higher number and they knock us down. 

I was part of this REI group called Real Wealth, on this site they have vetted REI teams in diffrent GEOS, definitely learning REI with some hard knocks, but I'm not going to stop.

Way to pay it forward from a guy who taken some tough knocks and knows the game.....I've been doing this too, and I would advise you to choose your mentorees carefully...some people will not do the work and expect you to give them everything.

I don't know if it works in PA or Philly but I fight my taxes every year here in Texas and I usually get quite a bit knocked off. 9 appeals so far and we have lowered assessments by $243,940.