I will tackle this and learn the same way I learned residential investing--ask lots of questions, make plenty of mistakes and move forward. 

Look for active rehabbers and propose to them that if they have deals they can't tackle (either too busy, short on funds, etc) that you would be willing to buy it from them and they make a quick buck.   

Get with an attorney owned title company who isn’t scared to tackle creative finance deals.

Then tackle the local real estate associations or groups.Let me know if you have any questions.Regards,Joe Scorese

I just don't yet have the funds or experience to tackle it myself, but much desire!

Also, i am tackling this deal from a no money down perspective because i know if i can get a good deal then the financing will be easy to come by. 

HI @Amber Gilsdorf, Obviously reading is a must, but I'd encourage you to pick a strategy and look to tackle it by learning what's needed for the first step and then doing it.

As a new investor I am looking for cashflow and cannot afford negative cashflow as I start out, so I figured I would tackle the seller with the numbers showing how this property is a terrible investment at anything higher than $100k.

I don't know the first thing about what you're doing or even how I'd get started if I were to tackle it, but I like the fact that you're putting in a ton of legwork and study and you'll eventually get it done.   

My plan is to take the class and hopefully tackle the exam before/in September.