It's going to be a lot of "I know I'm young; I get it, but I'm cheap and will work my a$$ off.

Like wouldn’t it be better to get a license and throw your own offers?

Dont buy a cheap building.  

I don't recommend throwing the baby out with the bath water, and definitely make sure you understand the nature of the Mentor you choose.BP is a great resource to meet some amazing people. 

For markets that are "cheap" and provide cash flow on day one, there is a reason for this.

I get where some people could do it in an odd way that throws off red flags.

That's about $30k-$40k over a few years that I'm just throwing away.  

But we dont go down the chain to see if the roofer is paying his shingles bill though /  Having Subs you can trust is paramount in this business.. cheap is not always what you waant you want subs that are making money and pay their bills and have credit..

An update one year later after this post, I now have:- Got my property and casualty license and wrote 370+ policies in a year- Saved up a few more thousand dollars in investable cash, paid off $20K in debt and raised my credit score by 100 points- Launched a direct to seller cold email marketing campaign and generated leads for cheap- Got connected with a few real estate investing communities like Subtle Asian Real Estate and Pace Morby's SubTo- Aggressively read and studied as much as I can get my hands onThat being said, I decided to run a marketing campaign to generate distressed seller leads in Phoenix, Arizona, mostly because:1.

Usually best to use free/cheap money.