Wholesaler relationships, or using tools like PropStream while driving neighborhoods to identify distressed properties, and REI meetups as deals can come from relationships.What strategies have worked best for you so far?

Identifying neighborhoods with good schools, infrastructure, and amenities can lead to finding a hidden gem.Myth 4: It Is Only Seasoned Investors Who Can Handle Distressed PropertiesExperience is helpful in real estate, but you do not need to be a seasoned investor to do well in distressed properties.

Instead of simply paying off the old seller, you identify a new seller financed property and you negotiate 10% down again.

Once we identified the appropriate DST, I paid Sera Capital the prearranged flat fee and they instructed the DST sponsor to add 100% of the sales load into my investment.

Just like investing in any city though there are a couple areas to stay away from, but they are not hard to identify and they are not large. 

Leveraging our market connections, we identified the property’s potential and negotiated favorable terms directly with the seller, securing it at a highly competitive price.

Troy helped me identify properties with strong short-term rental potential, and when we found this home in Palm Harbor, we moved quickly to make a competitive offer.

The price-to-rent ratio makes sense from an investment standpoint, but further research is needed to identify whether those respective areas will prosper.

If I identified the offender, I would probably bill them back for the wasted water and when they didn't pay evict them, or non-renew them if their lease was near the end because that is simpler. 

You need to set some criteria to help identify your "quality deal."