Tons of competition here and I have a lot of success finding leads via Zillow, apartments.com, and Facebook marketplace.

Great macroeconomics as well because there is job growth, population growth, and lots of big companies moving and building here like Google, Amazon, Facebook, etc.

Lastly I’d add that there are some bigger Facebook communities you can join and build relationships and network in that should help as well.

Make the most of the educational resources available on BiggerPockets, and consider joining local meetings and Facebook groups.

Just followed and liked the facebook group, look forward to meeting the rest of the group and learning more about Dothan :)

You go to the internet.Well, guess what So does everyone else including actually MOTIVATED sellers.The ONLY way to reliably get in touch with motivated sellers is for you to make it extremely easy for them to find you.I call this "stalking the watering hole".SEO is obviously the best, but  PPC and Facebook ads (a service I do not provide... meaning I am not just saying this BECAUSE I offer SEO) are the next best thing each with advantages and disadvantages.Now, you are better off investing in an ever working lead generation system so you can automate this to generate the highest quality leads for free, than investing in a list, no matter the list and every single time you send mailers you have to 1) Hope they see the mailer2) Hope they open the mailer3) Hope that when and IF they open the mailer they are in the mood to read it4) Hope that when they 1. find the mailer, 2. and hopefully open the mailer, and 3. hopefully they are in the mood to read your mailer, and 4. they are coincidently in some sort of motivation state to act on the mailer, they will give YOU a call when they have received 400 other mailers from other peopleYou do realize that 50% of 50% is 25%.

Single family units and looking for a Seo, paid google,facebook campaign to push direct bookings

I'd say give it another shot and communicate with the Facebook group and Whatsapp groups for your area.

You can also check meetup.com or search Facebook for real estate investment groups, clubs, or meetings in your area.

I'd try investor focused local facebook groups and ask there.