Every real estate market is going to be different, but I'd start by reaching out to a few local wholesalers who will have hot off-market deals or even reaching out to a local real estate agent to start receiving leads from them.If you're just looking to practice, you may also want to just start with a basic website like trulia.com or zillow.com so that you can get tons of analyzing reps.  

Capex also has to include:roof 25 year life span, appliances and hot water heater 12 year life span, hvac 20 year life span, kitchen and bath remodel 20 year life span, etc.

I’ve found that people in the BP community are incredibly friendly and willing to help.One of the best events/groups in the area is the RareBird Investors Network put on by Mike Nuss and @Tyler Combs.

You will want to avoid markets where a single industry dominates the local economy in the number of jobs since these kinds of markets a incredibly susceptible to swings in the market.Census Bureau: Building Permits Survey (BPS) The purpose of the Building Permits Survey (BPS) is to provide national, state, and local statistics on the number and valuation of new privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in the United States.

I know it wasn’t so hot a little while ago but heard it’s picked up.

I'm still slowly picking away at the cosmetic stuff but it's a solid house (I've been living in it for two years now).I'd like to pick up a third house to rent out but it seems incredibly difficult to find a deal in this area...I may be waiting a bit to see if there's a market downturn. 

Then you don't need to worry about them finding out and evicting you in a hot second.

Pretty flagrantly, too.If a Realtor has a marketing strategy of having an exclusive period on another platform to collect bids, so it hits the main MLS hot and already bid up (or whatever, the exact strategy is irrelevant), they should be allowed to.There should be a competitive marketplace for the good or service in question, no one should be forced to use just one good or service.

Regardless welcome to BP the wealth of knowledge here is incredible it’s great being a part of this community.

Sounds like they have been incredibly thorough and forthcoming with the information.