Your best source of leads are within your own circle of influence - close family and friends already trust you and will ask you to help them.

Charleston you will see one of my projects there 5 new builds.. but on the same streets are some really nice older homes that would make great rentals.. you can look for one's that are run down or tired  knock on a few doors you might scare something up that way as well.. then if you continue down Oak to the east past crappy MHP you will see three more homes those were ours as well. the very next street hang a left.. there are older homes there that would make nice rentals.. you have a great opp in N> Charleston with Boing going gang busters its a hot place to be investing.. and TOTALLY under the radar so you don't have the intense competition you have in other markets from turn key companies.

They can be harder to find, but less competition.

I always try to up my competition at a competitive price.Good Luck.   

The market in my area is very competitive.  

I feel it keep my influence to a minimum on what I post.  

Since then he has moved on to bigger apartment deals and says you don't need any experience and it has less competition than SFH's.  

@Ashley Hernandez  sure thing if your tracking a home or improved property that you think is going to sale.. you need to be contacting the owner now and buying it ahead of the sale.. that is what your competition is doing.. and that is why these rarely go to sale.land for sure.. lots of land just is let go.. but with improvements very rare in our state of CA.

I know the market is tight and competition is very high so trying not to get stuck with analysis paralysis either.

@Cody Cook no question the market is very competitive.