I am an organizer of Brew City REI and a member of Milwaukee REIA, WINGS and soon to be AASEW (Apartment Association of SE WI) and through all of these networks. 

They are carpenters not business men and most of them can’t organize the time and resources to pick their own nose

There are several medians to acquire motivated sellers, and normally the person or organization selling the service or program to generate motivate sellers will give you all the reasons why this is the best way, with a price tag of coarse. 

Because you're not an organized crime figure.

Will they actually teach anything of substance? 

A qualified Opportunity Fund is a privately managed investment vehicle organized as a corporation or a partnership for the purpose of investing in qualified opportunity zone property.

If it's a larger organization, feel free to inquire about their different staff qualifications.2.

The probate list that are generated are organized by month.

It takes around 2-3 years for a website to rank organically and produce deals.As most deals today can be listed an sold as is to regular non investor buyers for a premium.

Wisconsin area stating that last year they started a rent promotion program where if tenants have a certain amount of volunteer hours logged with a list of pre-approved organizations in the city where the rental units are, that they got a 10% reduction in rent.