The main ways people find leads are through some type of list (listsource seems to be the most popular), probate, through their county tax assessor, and driving for dollars.

Hey guys, what's the value add for buyers' agents doing a property search in NYC vs a buyer just directly doing it directly on any popular search site?

@Sean Walton, while yes there are lower barriers, the popularity of sites like Airbnb and HomeAway are also changing people's preferences completely and growing the pie: In 2013, traditional rental sectors and the sharing economy combined were worth $225 billion.

In some of the most popular areas would be lucky if they were up for 2-3 weeks for rent.  

That was popular in the late 90s, early 2000's, but title companies don't like them and why pay the extra cost?

Also, DSTs are quite popular investments and have a finite amount of capital they are collecting from investors.

@Brie Schmidt and @George Foster host a popular meetup that will meet again on Dec. 1 at Dino's Pizza in Norwood Park.

It's a well known and popular brewpub/restaurant/rec area with waterfront access to one of Milwaukee's rivers.

Unless it's a period detail that is popular and worth saving, you can't ignore stuff like that in your budget.

Contrary to popular belief to succeed in this industry you will have to make sacrifices.