I spend so much time finding the 'right' properties across multiple markets on Zillow before I even evaluate in my buy box.

Overall closing out 10 months with Pricelabs I think it is worth it, but I still spend about the same amount of time adjusting rates everyday (10 to 15 minutes for 9 properties).

What's left after all that is your cash flow.Collecting cash flow to spend is an amateur play.

Don't spend time looking for something that doesn't exist.

Without these connections, you’re likely to spend more time and money finding reliable help.Enforcing Lease TermsProactively managing tenants and enforcing lease terms reduces the risk of evictions and other issues.

In 2008 a friend of mine spend $300,000 to buy 100 houses in Detroit.  

If I did, I'd find a place I really like to visit and be prepared to spend a lot of time there making connections.  

I would spend time building your list of WHO (agent, mentor, contractor/handyman), then WHAT (house type, tenant base, work needed), then WHERE (location).

The investors I know finding properties on the MLS are making 30+ offers a week, embarassing offers, in hopes of finding 1 or 2 properties a month.Others are door knocking, cold calling, spending money on mailers to find off market properties.  

This is the BEST $100 you will ever spend, and if you listen to Amanda Han's tax book, you'll know it's also likely a business expense for you to write off :) https://biggerpockets.supercast.com/My perfect way to learn from the BP books is to listen to the audio book through the subscription above, then books that really stand out to me I go old school and get the physical copy so that I can re-read it, take notes in the margins, and put post it notes so key points are easier for me to re-reference in the future.