@Guido Sanchez Thanks yeah I'm aiming to start small, kick the ball and let it start to roll, rather than commit big money to my first shot, I drove by the neighborhood today and fortunately I met with an agent who is honest enough to warn me about the neighborhood around the property I'm looking at, definitely worth talking to locals!

Not all will do this for flippers but the ones that come to investor meet-ups are willing to play ball.

You come in with no money wasting a broker's time & you'll get black balled.

I look at it like baseball.. we get a lot of singles  some doubles a few triples and some homeruns and then once a decade one grand slam now if we could hit the curve ball maybe more..

Yes alot of them are low ball offers but with many investors bidding on the same properties the banks are getting close to offer price.

@Lucas Miller I'm not sure of anything except death and taxes, I do have a crystal ball but I can't figure out how to turn it on. 

what should I be doing to get the ball rolling?

Keep your eye on the ball my friend!

I feel that I am at this strange waiting period before gaining investment momentum and am very eager (and almost anxious) to get the ball rolling. 

I know no one has a crystal ball, but we all use observations of the data and our past experience to make our best guess.