You also need an online presence—this is commonly one of the most important and not done step.

Hi!I currently am a part-time real estate investor that will be leaving my sales job at the end of the year to start investing full time in real estate. I currently flip houses, purchase buy and hold rentals, and whol...

Is looking online at sites like LoopNet sufficient? 

People wouldn't believe how many deals are lost at what I call the "decision phase" where a lead from an offline marketing campaign goes to research you, and doesn't find good credibility online (which includes the website). 

We've already put together an LLA, and found a generic operating agreement online.

Many PHAs allow you to apply online, but some may require a paper application.

This is what I did for a cabin I built in Gatlinburg:  We took a few royalty-free photos of the area off of the internet, and submitted them to an art site online whereby they make a painting of the photo.  

Well, what if the program was dropped from $10,000 to $2,000 but the entire guru coarse was through videos and online learning and it dropped the overall success rate to only 50% of the people buying only 1 house gaining only $40,000 in equity on that one house and after the course they felt somewhat confident that they could duplicate the process after the year was over.  

I agree that looking online is only going to get you so far, but I am trying to educate myself as much as possible before taking the next step.I am early on in the process where I am looking at areas that are long distance, as I live in a HCOL area.

They are a huge online-only group and they loan up to 90% of home value.