You resort to the internet.

Quote from @Andy Port: I'm currently looking to take some money out of traditional investments and begin investing directly into real estate as a passive investor on syndicated deals.The internet is pretty much copy-paste with advice on how to access real estate and defaults to saying "Just invest in a REIT - its the same" except you pay for the entire pool of existing properties (even if they have low yields in less opportunistic areas), the entire management team's multi-million dollar salary and their private jet, etc...

The internet and video calls make the world pretty small! 

You are on the internet too much and not talking to real-life real estate investors enough.

I wish we could nail the fake pump and dump due diligence PML that infect the internet in the same manner as this.

There is nothing they do that you can't find for free on the internet. 

It's better than what you'll get from most attorneys and what you'll find on the internet.

They will pay $50 to get something off the internet because they do not want to pay pet rent.Ask them for proof of an ESA. 

Some mentees will act as a bloodhound for the mentor, knocking on doors, driving for dollars, scouring the internet, making cold calls, or performing other services that help the mentor find new deals.

This is what I did for a cabin I built in Gatlinburg:  We took a few royalty-free photos of the area off of the internet, and submitted them to an art site online whereby they make a painting of the photo.