You must place ads to target sellers,make up some business cards(vista print has good deals),get them in as loud a color as possible to make them stick out.

Now I'm flipping to raise my income to buy more rentals via the BRRR strategy.

Lodger has verbally agreed to surrender premises (mailed back keys from jail) and but stated since has no living family members available, requested his security deposit back and month to month storage of personal property (passport, social security card, US Army Veteran Honorable Discharge paper, about 5 suitcases of clothing and a couple milkcrate size boxes of misc personal belongings, that's it).

We just had an offer accepted for a fourplex yesterday that should give us 11% cash on cash return (around $600 a month in cashflow), with room to raise rents in the next year and achieve close to 16% COC.

@Luka Milicevic in your experience do you know if a person that already has a HELOC in place, if going for a new loan, would the new loan process from the lender look at the HELOC like they look at all other things: ie credit cards, bank statements, existing mortgages, etc.

I have a few that receive discounts for services like @James Wise mentions.In an environment of ever increasing utility costs and rising taxes, sometimes the best I can do is raise a good tenants' rent by, say, $25, then include an addendum with that rent raise that 'reduces' their rent by the same amount for continuing to pay on-time and in-full with no neighbor complaints.  

Raising rent not an option in this place... already at top end for a 1968 building. 

Raising rent not an option in this place... already at top end for a 1968 building. 

For the most part, I think real estate investors around here will look for certain things:Jobs in the areaPopulation growthSchool districtsLandlord friendly government(s)Other investment and retail buyers entering a marketThere are also 'gut feelings' people have when they're raised in an area or have a lot experience with this.

But whatever you do, don't be tempted to raise your already-established Maximum Allowable Offer just because the Bank thinks they can squeeze more out of you.