My job is to thoroughly vet the operator, analyze the market and analyze the deal - then I send the wire and my job is done. 

All the best to you!

It does depend on the lender.

How long do you intend to keep the property? 

Finding great off-market deals can feel like a needle-in-a-haystack challenge.

Hopefully, you find the info below helpful.

You can look into the fix and flip route.

I used to use the Meetup app, I think it is still around.

i wish i had better news for you but it's probably not feasible in the short term to replace your W2 income with rental income. 

You can attend all the REIAs and read all the books and sign up for all the conferences, and spend all the money, and you are will never really know you can do it until you do.Over 20 years in real estate in various forms and roles, action will beat out intelligence or education or even network 100% of the time.