While an MBA would certainly look good on a resume, real-life experience and hands-on knowledge are the components that can truly help you ascend the ranks of your intended career.Additionally, networking and connections are absolutely essential for this type of work, so a good place to start for a newbie like you would probably be to join/follow communities that connect professionals and other interested parties in the field, such as LinkedIn, www.therealdeal.com, or the up-and-coming www.juspost.comBest of luck with your endeavors.

I like to check their online presence, Facebook, Linkedin, Instagram, etc to get a feel for their personalities.

MTRs are not as popular in Asheville due to a smaller business scene than places like Raleigh or Charlotte, however- LinkedIN had their tech economy analysis come back with Asheville ranked at number 7 growing tech city in USA.

I just found out I can't share my LinkedIn address.

Great advice on reaching out to recruiters I have actually just started doing that through LinkedIn.  

Being professional on all social media platforms (LinkedIn, Facebook, etc) goes a long way.

Looking at LinkedIn profiles, very little seems to come up as well, with some of their team members not showing up at all.Looking all over the net and bigger pockets for RealtyFolio, and all the variations of it, I cannot find much at all, except for one of their team members who posted very little.

What made me feel comfortable was the investor there checked out as currently investing, linked in references good, and llc checked out.

Heck no, simply go into "chat rooms" like this one  FB, Linkedin etc and see where everyone is buying and look at the returns. 

You can purchase lists with different motivations like absentee owners, 60-90-120 days late on mortgage, pre-foreclosure, delinquent taxes, water cutoff, code violation, evictions, probate, divorce, etc. and mail or cold call.Other methods are driving for dollars, door knocking, wholesalers, craigslist, Realtors, FSBO sites, expired listings, put out bandit signs, billboards, newspapers, other offline publications.You can use pay per click/adwords, website with SEO, facebook, Linkedin, Youtube, and other forms of online and social media marketing.If you have a big budget you can do radio, TV and billboards.