Instead of just hanging up, I asked the lady, "Well since I have you on the phone, do you know anyone looking to buy or sell a home?"  

I posted a craigslist ad and it was answered by a lady who works at a title company who had a guy that buys 4 bedroom houses.

I have this lady that will clean twice a month for a very reasonable price.

Here's a quick list of the larger, more popular ones:SDIC/FIBI (Which you have already found)SDCIA (San Diego Creative Investors Association)NSDREI (North San Diego Real Estate Investors Association)Lady LandlordsSDNI (San Diego Note Investors)None of them are here to sell you stuff but you may be offered a seminar once in a while at a very reasonable rate.

As an aside, Christmas Tree Farms and Pumpkin Growing operations, generate the 2nd,and 3rd largest  returns for consumer agricultural products in the country (right behind roses growing operations - Valentine's Day) with the shortest demand cycle in the countr.

@ Rose @Rose DavisWhat type of auction?

That's how gentrification happens.Not to be to rose colored glasses but... there are some glimmers; The retail development (first in ~25 years) that is happening at Superior & Euclid.

I've had one solid lead but it turns out this lady had shopped her deal to EVERY "we buy homes" PPC ad she could find on Google and thus wanted way too much. 

Note: The charts below are based on data from the Greater Las Vegas Association of REALTORS (GLVAR) MLS.Rental StatisticsRentals - Median $/SF by MonthRents rose by approximately 9% in 2020.Rentals - List to Contract Days by MonthThere is very little rental inventory and what is available goes under contract in days.Rentals - Availability by MonthInventory was low in December 2019, today it is down to the lowest I've seen in the last 15 years.Rentals - Months of SupplyFor rentals, 2 to 3 months is typical.

It is not continually roses.