Another way is to track tax liens.

Hey Maliko, Unfortunately, I can't offer you any guidance from an experience standpoint, but I can offer you extreme value from a support standpoint.Myself and a few other young (18-19) year old investors have started a small networking group in order to answer these questions and support each other at this crucial time in our REI careers.We aim to make sure all of us stay on track and are committed to engineering and creating the future we want. 

@Michaela G  I am usually leaving downtown for the 5:30 meeting which takes about 45 minutes to an hour following the 75N, Cumberland, Acker Mills route.

Track all of your project income and expenses and keep them in report form and review them regularly with a couple of people you trust and try to reduce expenses and /or increase income that will help you grow.Do not try to do everything yourself.  

Marty Gold I think Ed E. is on the right track with a boring ol' money market account.

Professionals with decades of experience and very impressive track records do all the heavy lifting.

@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.

You are certainly on the right track.  

This gets complicated, as there's a lot of moving parts to keep track of now.Every time you add another person into the daisy-chain the final price to the end buyer goes up, making the deal less desirable to that end buyer. 

Hopefully you have an extensive real estate background with a proven track record of wholesaling.