New agent wanting to get into REO's and BPO's

[Samuel Watts]

Hello! I am a relatively new agent (6 months or so) and I am wanting to get into listing REO properties and do some BPO's as well to get started. I have read a little bit about how to get started but I am by no means an expert and wanted to get some advice from someone with some experience. I am in the state of Kentucky if that helps.

I am in the process of signing up for RES.NET and wanted to get peoples advice on using this site and others like it to get BPO'S. Have sites like this one been helpful to you and are they worth the money to access them? What are other ways to approach banks to get them to send work your way? It seems like getting through to the asset manager is one way but I really don't even know where to start in contacting them and what I should say once I get ahold of them! 

Any advice would be greatly appreciated