That implies looking for future opportunities as opposed to looking for hot markets.

There's infinite opportunities out there and I want to work with people who are excited to work with me.

It is a great opportunity to buy a house near my area.

Even for a buy & hold investor there are opportunities to make more money when rents are flat by attacking expenses.

There are definitely great opportunities for STR/MTR.

Maybe there is an opportunity to put a little less down payment and use the rest to force more equity via renovations.

There are opportunities in SoCal, you just need to know where to look. 

since then, I have made offers in a different market (~6 offers) that would be only ok purchases (apparently not following my own advice, but it is a new market so I do not have the opportunities that I have in my market) but none have been accepted.  

General contractor in business for 40+ years with an opportunity to acquire someone else's unfinished rehab for ~$2M with an ARV of $4M - $6M depending on whether we finish the existing project or tear down and start over with a better design. 

You have to be careful, especially if the contractor is not a referral and you "found" them online.