Submit offers and negotiate terms with sellers, being prepared to walk away if the deal doesn't meet your requirements.

Conduct thorough market research to comprehend the potential real estate markets, considering aspects like employment growth, population trends, rental demand, property values, neighborhoods, schools, and local laws.

While specific neighborhood recommendations can vary based on current market conditions, areas close to universities, medical centers, and business districts tend to have strong rental demand.

Real estate pricing is based on demand and desirability so very cheap properties are often money pits with high maintenance and high vacancy.

Buyers/sellers.

People are only paying appraised price for properties so sellers are simply finding someone off market to pay appraisal price and not have to show the properties at open houses and disturb the tenants. 

@Orane JacobsWhen thinking about venturing into a new market for house hacking using a VA Loan, it's important to look at various factors like the cost of housing, how much demand there is for rentals, the job market, economic conditions, how fast the population is growing, what amenities are available, and the resources for managing properties.

A lot of what I have heard from more experienced wholesalers is that the TREC contract can be very overwhelming and make sellers kind of nervous.

The seller is in even a more precarious position.  

If your looking to generate off market distressed seller leads, then I would look into Investor Carrot.