But they don't charge for it- so it's a good forum to browse for answers.

I am completely new to this, so as of now im based on the MLS for browsing.

You don't need to believe me, just literally browse the forums for 10-15 mins 4-5x day for a week, you'll see.

You can find the ads on www.dailyreportonline.com under public notices (click on browse public notices, select "non-judicial tax sale" from the check boxes and enter the relevant dates you are looking for).

There's keyboard warriors everywhere on social media and when I browse other sections of this forum I don't see that, so I can see the "mentor thing" is probably something that burnt a lot of people.Say what you want about mentors.

Browse the forum, see who and how answers questions, find people you want to work with and send them a PM. 

We can stream off 3 TV's and browse the internet on the 12mb.So if you can get 100mb or so for significantly less, then I would do that.Now it will be different if you offer a working vacation options, then more would be better.

Browsed and looked at many properties before purchasing one.

Browse the forum, find a couple of experts who you want to work with and send a PM to them.I would also wait a couple of days, since today is the IRS deadline of 4/15, and we're underwater. 

But if you browse the forums, you will actually see many, many posts from California investors that bought a random property at a "low" price point... and then totally failed to meet their expectations.and to reiterate: if you buy something turnkey, you will not cashflow for several years.