Get a long-term loan (12 years fixed) with a supplemental loan feature to extract the value add. 

I have been a Virtual Assistant for a few years already but love real estate and would love to get my foot in the door and build meaningful relationships while I build up the cash to buy a rental. 

Find meaningful work and be great at it.

No proactive reports or recommendations and, not surprisingly, no offers or even meaningful contacts. 

My tax returns are essentially the same reporting as I would have if I generated financial statements, so I will use them as such if necessary.I actually have two PMs since I have properties in two states, but it adds no more meaningful complexity to my very basic spreadsheet layout.

[citation needed]Coffeyville Resources operates a 100,000 barrels per day refinery and a large nitrogen fertilizer plant, using a unique Texaco process of ammonia extraction from coke byproducts produced in the refinery.

You have to consistently follow up in a meaningful way and you will get deals.

I'm hoping to network with other investors and make meaningful connections that can be mutually beneficial.   

I'm hoping to network with other investors and make meaningful connections that can be mutually beneficial.   

Since literally 2/3 of your post is correcting me on a vernacular issue that I only mentioned as an allusion to something that I was stating as incorrect in my circle, I guess I'm sort of left to suppose that you just want to talk about how you know things.Now, you can simply doubt the veracity of my "faux pas" admission if you want, but as it's a forum and all we have are our words, that effectively puts an end to any meaningful interaction.