If we did that the bullets would backfire, the electric chair would short out and burn down the prision, or the gas chamber would be filled with laughing gas and leak out of the chamber.

Thanks for sharing - do you work for the Chamber of Commerce over there?

For instance, if you are looking to see who the contractors or developers are on certain projects, you can probably access that information through the Building or Planning Department website (you usually search by address) To find out what companies are moving in, you might try the business journals, or the local newspapers business section, Chamber of Commerce, etc. 

Join the chamber of Commerce and ask who invests.

I will spend the majority of my time networking online (BP, Meetup, LinkedIn) and offline (REIA's, Landlord associations, live meet ups, cashflow 101 groups, Rotary club, Chamber of commerce, etc).

Visit your local chamber of commerce network meetings & BNI meetings.

Some areas are looking at price drops seehttp://www.inman.com/2014/05/12/home-price-growth-cools-but-unsustainable-and-unhealthy-in-some-large-markets/#.U4ZCrijijy4Affordability - credit at 43% DTI is an issue for many buyers.http://www.homebuyinginstitute.com/news/fha-debt-to-income-296/Your business plan:Look at A and B neighborhoods.Market towholesalers that have leads with no equity in A and B neighborhoods.listed houses, expireds, landlords, fsbos, and houses purchased at the top of the market (2006 - 2008) for low equity.Offer lease option assignments, sub2 purchase or wrap purchase, use a RMLO and a good lawyer.Market for Owner financing buyers.Give speeches to Rotary, Lions, Chamber, etc. about solving problems for young families' housingPost cards to apartment buildings and rentalsWrite blogs about rent to own, credit being tight, etc.Create a meet up group for "Get Your Lease 2 Own Home Now"BOTTOM LINE.SOLVE PROBLEMS FOR SELLERS AND BUYERS.

I've spoken to my tenants several times about the use of smoking and Vape products and marijuana products.

Do you even have a bullet in the chamber?

@Jesse Chambers there's pros and cons to it all.