Identify an area near you (it could be where you live, work or your daily commute) and get to know the properties, the prices or recent sales, recent listings and then look for opportunities (vacant houses, overgrown lawns, etc).

Identify the markets you want to invest in.2.

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Can you identify the solar farms?

Cash has tremendous value when it can be deployed quickly in situations where you can identify equity and purchase it at a discount.  

I identified with the required time frame and I had listed a DST as a fail safe just in case something came up during the due diligence period, and sure enough an adjacent gas station's tanks were leaking benzine and the water flow was heading on to my land and ultimately the lender, even after a fairly decent phase 2 report from the engineers would not loan so I ended up buying into the DST which was not my first choice but still provided quarterly cash flow and appreciation.  

Be sure to identify the property in the MLS as a short sale and Price / commission will be subject to lenders approval. 3.

Identify the seller’s passion, hobby or interests and barter your down payment.

It's my understanding that I have 45 days to identify my property of interest.

You can do this in parallel with step 2, but complete 2 & 3 before proceeding to 4.4) Identify the types of properties and areas that are suitable for your strategy and start intimately familiarizing yourself with that market.