A lot of people overlook it because it doesn’t produce cash flow right away, but if you can buy in the right area or catch something with development potential it can work out really well.For off market deals, a lot of investors I’ve spoken with are finding them through direct outreach, wholesalers, or just networking locally with other agents and investors.South Florida is definitely competitive, but there’s still opportunity if you’re patient and run the numbers carefully.

I've been tracking this daily for a few months.Thought I'd share this week's full breakdown since I've seen a lot of questions lately about whether Detroit suburbs still make sense.

• How do you typically track maintenance and long-term property upkeep?

Centralized tracking system.Instead of spreadsheets alone, they maintain one master tracker with parcel numbers, county portals, due dates, and payment confirmation notes.

What CRM are you leaning towards using to keep track of your follow-ups?

Are you tracking your deal pipeline and wholesaler follow-ups manually or do you have a system handling that?

For small landlords — how are you tracking maintenance and repairs for tax time?

Are you tracking any metrics on your lead quality yet?

And has proved to work out pretty well.

Hey Dave, lots of investors build their buyers list by tracking activity from local public records especially recent cash purchases, LLC transfers, and repeat buyers in the county.It helps you identify who’s actually buying right now instead of collecting random emails.If you ever want to talk through ways to source or organize that data efficiently, happy to share what I’ve seen work well for others.