On the RE side, your time is most likely best spent getting to know the local players that can help find you the deals rather than driving around town looking at everything.

i know the big players , but i would rather have a smaller outfit or a semi-retired maintenance person . i am mostly just tired of the calls on maintenance stuff  more than anything :(

they are lots section 8 qualified, guaranteed to be challenging. one biggest players owns land and leases the buildings back but areas near canal st where govt was going put in new off ramp. so many bld run down. 

Once the  players were known, some of us jumped in to defend y'all, as fortunately your reputations are so good it was somewhere between unlikely and inconceivable that you were at fault.

If you are going to go turnkey, see what teams are in those markets, and identify the best players.  

Of course not caught a fish but was the best trip because i was knowing theirs desires and the captain went them to the beach of Super Paradise where  i booked a table  in one of the best restaurant beach bar.The other case where my client asked what  to suggest him to make a romantic dinner in the villa , so I arranged a gourmet meal with chef, small candles floating in the pool and saxophone player playing  jazz music .

Like everything else on Bigger Pockets, the players with the actual experience and expertise in an area will be able to dispell the myths circulated by others.

Can you tell any of the activities you did to be so successful, besides having all the key players in place?

Well, I discovered that the Heavy Players already had determined which properties they were interested-in or going to bid-on.

This isn't the only way, but you'll at least know who the main players are that likely have experience and connections.