I would closely monitor your competitions pricing to see what is working for them.Vrbo has built in tools to monitor when people are searching for specific dates.

That's with Intel, Honda, Amazon, FB, Google, etc. that are already developing here! 

Search in perplexity.ai for vendors in your market and reach out. 

Luke - after a year of searching I found a property that i'm under contract on and feel pretty good about. 

I would check on this website on the find an agent feature or search Zillow for teams/agents in your area doing 25 or more deals a year.  

Even though interest rates are high, we have a big Mircron plant coming here as part of the CHIPS act so that could boost housing demand in the coming years.I don't know the SYR market, but I did a quick search for duplexes somewhat outside of the city, and found this: https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/7300-Lakes....

You could try typing developer on to the search magnifying glass in upper corner.

Also, there are a lot of hard money lenders out there that you can connect with via google etc.

I'm from Grand Rapids.I use a 11"x18" graph paper and a daily morning workflow - combined with Google Calendar.

A quick google search reveals that Minneapolis provides assistance for first time home buyers so there seems to be a problem with funds for first time home buyers in your locale too.