Lots of wholesalers out there don't know how to do those 2 fundamental things.Lastly formulating an offer under fair market value with enough equity to sell the contract to an investor. 

Colby,I am in the Kansas City area so you have more knowledge of the Springfield area in general than I do but I know that the fundamentals there continue to make it a strong investment market.  

Back to my fundamental point: business first.

Web based lead generation is your best option. 

However, for the seller to net the agreed price, the price has to go up in which case you can run into the issue of the property not appraising.I think the fundamental issue is this requires a more sophisticated buyer and seller (especially to have a graduated commission scheme which is common in commercial). 

I tried looking up on the City web site but could not find either.

Now you have an SEO optimized listing, web page and an audience following you on Facebook.  

Los Angeles may provide more stability and long-term growth potential owing to its stronger market fundamentals, even though Philadelphia can have better cash flow possibilities.

One bug report and one request:1) LinkedIn account link feature asks for the full web address, and then puts it in the URL twice, which returns an error.2) Can we add "Asset Management" to the list of Software > Specializations? 

At the end of the day, you have more to learn, but the high level  fundamentals are the same.