Mentors are found by building relationships at meetups in real life, not online when you are just getting started unless you are using the forums as your meetup and you are really getting to know people.4.

These "bandit" signs are everywhere in NYC and I have yet to ever come across someone who has called them to actually sell their property - most people I know have looked up something online and landed on an option through that route. 

Recommend Googling for recent projects, then looking them up at the city's online site to find out who the architects are.

Then I paid $25 to some online background check agency to find out if the owner had any other liens/bankruptcies/judgments against them and also got their contact info from there.

I receive some very thorough quarterly newsletters but that's it (I did ask if we could have quarterly online calls like some other Sponsors and I was informed this would be taken under consideration).    

You can also check meetup.com or search Facebook for real estate investment groups, clubs, or meetings in your area.I'm in a small town where networking is impossible, so I do it online through facebook groups and BiggerPockets.

So many people out there ,  that have online courses.

.-- All the info you need is available online from the local assessor, and pay attention to what the local community has tacked on to the mill rate.

There are a lot of online sources out there versus going to the local courthouse.   

In the old days, I would advertise in the Fresno Bee, and in the local freebee advertising rag.Nowadays, everything seems to be going online.