It's kind of like of pricing a sale listing low to generate multiple offers - lots of hopeful applicants shelling out application fees and falling in love with it, only to be disappointed.  

My question is other than Home Improvements Shows, which other ways of marketing are everyone else using that generate good leads?

Ali Boone, I can't for the life of me understand why you think San Diego, Orange and Riverside Counties are not good areas for generating passive income. 

What really got me going about real estate was an opportunity to generate wealth beyond what is entailed by this so-called "rat race".

I would use $100k to finance short term real estate projects, such as fix/flips,  to generate significant chunks of revenue that I would then use to purchase or acquire other assets.  

I read somewhere I should only make an offer on the income it generates now.

With a lease, you only exit financial obligations to the extent of the income generated.

However, most electricity is produced from coal, gas, or oil generators that convert only about 30% of the fuel's energy into electricity.

Established companies leverage public databases to generate lists that blanket a whole state - because if you're going to keep an office full of people busy you have to send a crapton of mail (see above). 

I'd like to get a second job or find employment on the beach where the money is better, but with no car of my own, I'm stuck.