you wnat to just troll the expired listings on mls if you have a way to get to them.. those U can go after without the seller being obligated to pay a commish.. most listing agreements have a trail feature IE if the listing was a procuring cause to the sale the seller is still obligated to pay commish for an additional 90 days after the listing was cancelled something of that nature. 

People naturally went after it when the getting was good, but now that things are tightening up, I can see a lot of people getting out of the game.

That's not to say they don't truly believe in them, but that naturally creates a bias.

What will you be worth in 10 years if you buy 10 properties with natural appreciation 

Even if you're uploading your own listings manually, you're still required to display that information.Giveaways are a great way to grow your following, and as long as the transactional nature stays strictly on the "join my mailing list, or whatever" in return for a chance to win something, you're in the clear.

Meaning, if you are buying a property from a fellow investor or something of that nature.  

@Troy Palmer Your wife may not have a natural passion for real estate, but if you present her the option of what your future could look like, it could get her interested. 

Once you get the first three deals out of the way, it’ll become second nature to you. 

Also, all this inflation and stretching of the average family budgets is going to cause fear - especially once people are paying outrageous natural gas bills in order to heat their home over the winter - and that will lean toward the momentum of price lowering in my market, no doubt. 

Can make active income naturally representing a few clients a year.