Or are you just looking for someone to donate their time, energy and knowledge to a future competitor for nothing in return?

JohnI am not going to give my probate marketing secrets at his point yet because even though I quit investing for awhile now to devote my time to taking care of my bride of almost 54 years, I may resume and don't want to train new competitors.

If you are just starting out, my approach would be to call at late night (in hopes of getting the voicemail) to competitors of other states to get an idea of what is working for them.

rather than use an agent or go to one of your competitors.

Becoming friends with your competitors can be a big plus!

I may be able to help as I am no longer a competitor of yours if you are working in palm beach and broward

You should spend some time on knowing what the seller wants, but the data you provided shows that your competitors may have better information & systems in place.  

Something that's rather recent, and not done so frequently that you face a lot of competitors doing it as a result, is using income from a SFR's in-law unit to qualify for the mortgage (restrictions etc apply). 

Don't go with a basic title of the street the property is on, but add things that make people want to stay at your place compared to your competitors (ex. speed of wifi, pool, miles to popular destination etc.)

As the others suggested, buy a Airdna report for your zip and dig deep to see how your direct competitors are doing.