For reference, I currently live in San Francisco, CA, and am willing to relocate anywhere if the opportunity is right, but preferably would love to find something up in NorCal.I am a military veteran, but I am currently unemployed to go to college using my GI Bill as a source of income.

Tommy,Check out PropWire - https://propwire.com/searchIt's a free data source and you can pull a list of vacant lots by zip code, county, city, etc.

Concurrently, I want to learn about financing sources and options beyond the norm.

I wanted to invest passively without any active role, with an experienced general partner who can manage the deal from sourcing, to management, to exit.

, then I contacted them and in order to join their program, you have to put down $15K and $200/month for their deal sourcing service, and they asked to sign a disclosure that basically states: "We not taking liability to what we advertised and we are not refund if you buy some property in 30 days".I felt like this is Scam already but I really want to know how to make money from doing Flipping, so I signed and tried the program.

@Melody T.Lessons.substack.comGreat source and providing weekly newsletters staying up to date on what to ask

One thing that I suggest is that you add Multifamily investment groups from Facebook to your list of sources for information and connections.

This deal was sourced through New Western and sold at a first come first serve basis.

Do you have another source of income?

Next you'll need to find the source.