They are all markets where we actively operate and see high investor interest.Finding properties that meet the one percent rule has become more difficult, and those that do are often in areas with a very high percentage of rentals.

U can go to home depot and pick up day labor but anyone with a company and doing quality work like ours do are competitive on pricing.. 

What kind of investment strategies are you aiming to do?

Are they doing what you need them to do?

AND with STRs you have no risk of evictions (which can get to be real expensive depending on the area)  and most damages that guests do are covered by insurance (either through the rental platform it was booked through or sometimes the property management firm has added insurance too).As someone that build a large long term rental portfolio here in Illinois (I still have 40+ houses here) and somebody now building a portfolio in tennessee, I would definitely recommend looking at new construction in some of these str areas. 

Some of the things I would do are: Look up in county records to see who the owners are of these duplexes, call a few agents that have the duplexes for sale  and ask why the owner is selling, inquire with other investors in the area to see what they know, walk into the local township/borough office and ask them about the area, etc...

Those that do are either 1) in areas that are bad and usually only "cash flow" on paper or 2) with exceptionally good deals.

Look at your AOS and see what it says.

@Jose Mejia this is pretty simple to do. 

Most of the deals I do are off-market and they are sourced from cold calling.