I'm contacting about 75 correct phone number home owners daily now with an average of 85% delivery rate. 

We don't flip there anymore.Moral: start monitoring the MLS daily and touring houses and watch what goes pending immediately within the neighborhoods you plan to invest.  

One of the larger lots has a service road that the local utility company uses almost daily.  

So my point is to dream and dream big, but with your feet on the ground and know that the nitty gritty stuff that happens with real estate on a daily basis is going to be a reality you will be dealing with.  

My best advice is to listen to the podcasts DAILY. 

I recommend setting up keyword alerts for each area as they are discussed in the forums daily with advertisements posted in the BiggerPockets marketplace hourly.One thing to note when looking at the individual markets, you can make or lose money in any market.

I recommend setting up keyword alerts for each area as they are discussed in the forums daily with advertisements posted in the BiggerPockets marketplace hourly.One thing to note when looking at the individual markets, you can make or lose money in any market.

She connected me with agents in North Florida who set me up with daily MLS emails after a discussion on my goals/pricing.After monitoring these emails daily, we finally found a home that would work.

I recommend setting up keyword alerts for each area as they are discussed in the forums daily with advertisements posted in the BiggerPockets marketplace hourly.One thing to note when looking at the individual markets, you can make or lose money in any market.

@John Fish You'll have to let us know the amount of capital you are trying to place, and what your investment criteria are, because the Philly market is very much alive & well, I track Center City & the surrounding neighborhoods daily, and about 50-100 new properties are coming on the market per day (some of which are going under contract very quickly).