I have been on the job hunt now for a few months and have yet to find anything that aligns with my goal of buying my first investment property. 

Thank you for the input, we definitely want to go about it in the right manner which aligns a lot with your approach.

You can align yourself with a good realtor that understands investing, and see if they can give you some data.

I suggest signing up at MeetUp.com and joining groups that are aligned with your goals.

Neither answer is wrong, it is just how your personality aligns with the strategy.

Doesn't matter how much I know there is always more to learn.If you learn how to relate to people, solve complex problems, and learn more to earn more everyday you will be ahead of 99% of the brokers/agents out there.Drive will only take you so far so you need to align with people to where you aspire to be.

It's hard to believe that they cannot find a place to go at that price point (assuming your rent is appropriately aligned with the value of the property).  

That way you align your interests with the people on the ground.

While creative financing is great, you wont always be able to make it work, there are a lot of things that have to align in order for that to work. 

Get my real estate license so I have access to the MLS (and not be dependent on other agents).Align myself with a local real estate office that has lots of experienced agents I could learn the from.