Very time consuming unless you can afford to hire a bird dog or 2 to do it for you. 

So first I want to say thank you to the Biggerpockets my gosh I have consumed so much material Over YouTube and soon the forums to give me the confidence to push forward on my investing journey.

FLipping is a good way to make quick cash but it can be very time consuming and risky, especially for a newbie. 

In answer to the next obvious question, it's also against the rules for that person to actually take a pay cut to make things right with you and what they quoted, that person actually has to convince a non-consumer-facing person in management to take a pay cut, if that's the goal.

So from the consumer perspective, you might not even see it.

The best (and least time-consuming) sources for us have been cold-calling & email campaigns.

As you consume all the information through books, forums, podcasts, etc, start figuring out how hands-on you’d like to be, and the type of returns you want to see.

If you start with a low number it is easier and less time consuming to add more in the bigger you get verse the other way around, and with the software, it's easier to cut out all the kicks with lease or drop one software company for another if you find it not user friendly when you have a small number.  

Average fees charged to consumers, for mortgages, have gone up 40% in the last two years. 40%!!

My 4th property I sourced and manage on my own, much more time consuming but much more cashflow too.