They really make time to talk with them daily or if not weekly.

Having said that though, I have found that while the volume of people looking to rent may be less in February as opposed to August or September as an example, they tend to be more serious. 

You could always flip these back and forth between 2 banks but in that case you're going to be paying origination coming and going unless you're doing the volume to negotiate it out. 

Beside my daily work I am studying to rock my RE license test next month and looking for a mortgage broker!

For current information you can access monthly/weekly business journals from the area, finally for daily information the business sections of the local newspapers are a good source. 

That being said, i am trying my best to read between the lines and apply what i can here.....apply might be a strong word at the moment for all i have done is really educate myself as much as i can daily, no real actionable steps have been taken on my part to be a more confident real estate investor.I currently have next to no money saved, but saving as much as i can 15% of my small wage at work, and it slowly builds, i have rocked at bringing my credit score up from a hurting 595 to a 742 within 6 months and now working on getting credit available to me. 

I'm not a high-volume operator.

If you lived 2 hours away, it would be easier to make the case that you’ll make the daily commute until you find a new gig.

I recommend setting up keyword alerts for each area as they are discussed in the forums daily with advertisements posted in the BiggerPockets marketplace hourly.One thing to note when looking at the individual markets, you can make or loose money in any market.

On the other hand, you may generate substantially higher deal volume.