Promise I am no guru and I did not start out with a silver spoon in my mouth. 

Thanks @Aaron Yates If people want to be spoon-fed all the answers and look for no-brainers, then perhaps real estate investing is not for them.They need to calculate risks and opportunities for themselves and understand that real estate is just one way to secure their future - but not the only way.Or, they should find a different way to make money in real estate without committing a significant portion of their own funds--such as wholesaling or partnerships or REITs.

Businesses owners should not be expected to be spoon feed like children.

Years ago, as Dawn was probably speaking of, you could find a dishwasher at a greasy spoon, put him in a suit, give him some business cards and while he couldn't spell Mortgage Broker, he were one!

Do more communicating with your buyers to drill down on what their criteria is to buy.As far as mentors go, it's very different when you ask to be "spoon fed" everything from the basics or when you ask for someone to help you fill in the blanks or help you understand some particular aspect of REI. 

You won't get fantastic stores, sales hype about their information or strategies to be a wheeler dealer, you'll just find the facts and professional opinions.I understand people being lazy, especially younger investors starting out that want to be spoon fed their way to instant riches, that's naive in youth, foolish for mature investors familiar with the business world.       

I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth like most you investors I started with nothing and know what it takes to make something out of nothing I'm 25 I own my own home and 2 apartment buildings have flipped 4 houses not to mention building and selling 5 hot rods.

marketing is key, you can either dig with a spoon or dig with a shovel both are effective one gets you quicker results.

Im not going to spoon feed where to look, because if you cant figure out where the info is, you probably are not ready to do a deal like this.

So since you admit you don’t know that stuff…instead of having someone like myself spoon feed it to you….do yourself a favor and instead of spending $5K on a REI course, get your real estate associate license.