In my opinion, the best "first step" is to find a local REIA to attend. 

I do pretty much like more SD than SA, but as you asked, the money that I have to invest it aint that much, goes between 30-40K to start and will be definitely for long term, as I said, I´m a beginner in this business in the US, as commons says I´m at the baby steps stage right now.

I've been pretty vocal on this platform against bad syndication practices out there. 

Just because a technique for acquiring or earning money is popularized by gurus and practiced unethically by the gurus students does not mean that the technique itself is a scam, unethical, immoral, or that the participants aren’t honest.   

My name is Jayson A, and I’m thrilled to be here as I take my first steps into the world of real estate wholesaling.

What are the steps to getting this accomplished?

Principal changing his name (sometimes just slightly) to walk away from previous recordIMO a light search, like Google, is a good FIRST STEP in vetting a deal.  

I'm a few steps away.

Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.

And all of this happens during the contract period reducing purchasing risk.Great strategy especially when practiced just on the outskirts of a major metro area in a country setting(a weekend getaway property that can be marketed to city folk).