Not sure if that is still legal or even translates in today's world of everything online but seemed like a good screening tool to me at the time. 

However, aside from that, I couldn’t find much information about them, and the only online presence seems to be the wife’s LinkedIn profile (though I’ve never met her in person and am just going off her profile picture on Zillow).After submitting the application through Zillow, we attached our income (two months of pay stubs for each of us from our current jobs), work references, credit and criminal background, rental history, and the contact info for our current landlord (who just so happens to be my fiancé’s father).

I am 14 hours into the 20-hour online course offered by "RealEstateU."

I attend one in Frederick which is online right now. 

Start small, be patient, and stay connected with local meetups and online investor communities for support. 

What is the best way to go about finding these property listings online before they go to the auctions?

My appointment is with the same lawyer (Jarom Bergeson) .. and I sent him a list as well of options that I found online to get his opinion on the best structure.

- Run a cost segregation study on this property in 2024 and you might have $100k on line 18...Without diving too deep on this post - If you run this scenario as a real estate professional while materially participating in the property, You'll be able to reduce your's and your spouses taxable income that year... 

I too, have looked seriously into the many, many, online Real Estate Guru’s that are offering one on one training.

Networking, local meetups, door knocking, mailers, wholesalers, online forums specific to your area of interest.