I'll jump on board with the others. 

At the end of the day, there are more day traders that end up broken than not. 

I have purchased the following books:ABCs of Buying Rental Property The ABCs of Property Management The ABCs of Real Estate Investing The Advanced Guide to Real Estate InvestingThe Book on Investing in Real Estate with No (and Low) Money DownWhat order do you recommend reading them in?

Going to the events page above and seeing who is hosting meetups along with connecting with people at these meetups is a great way to grow your network of people within a small 25-50 mile radius.

Just want to make sure it's ok to use the lease agreement since it says all rights reserved to bigger pockets.

If that was the case here, the current balance could be quite a bit higher than the initial balance. 

Follow the lease and the laws in your state and start the eviction process.

I am interested in investing in a syndication for the first time.

I bit the bullet and bought into to the Deal Genie with Jerry Norton and Peter Conti.

Your first hire is unlikely to work out though, was you won't have a good hiring system in place. - So, recommend having that first hire document the crap out of what you want them to do.