Ignatius,  I talk with investors every day and there is one things that I know is true about all.  

Take a look at BP's blog where new articles are published every day: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog4.

We should not be trying to piece something together after the fact, but rather:  Ethics should be front and center in everyone's mind and training in everyday life. 

The easiest way to do this outside of some sort of scraping tool (which i recommend digging into), is to develop a solid list of ways to look for deals (not just zillow or mls), and then develop a super specific buy box, then just create custom filters with notifications where applicable, you can also use a VA to look through the various acquisition methods and send you a vetted list every day. 

Take a look at BP's blog where new articles are published every day: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog4.

Take a look at BP's blog where new articles are published every day: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog4.

Take a look at BP's blog where new articles are published every day: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog4.

The question is do you want to deal with other people's problems everyday...if so go STRs, if not LTRs and scale.

Take a look at BP's blog where new articles are published every day: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog4.

I miss it every day.