Second, I pay for all utilities (Electric, Gas, Water, Yard Maintenance, Internet, etc.) and have it included in the rent price.

Thats a huge accomplishment, it not like anyone with $150 and an internet connection can do that. 

Most property owners that get into the start of foreclosure sell before it becomes REO...the internet makes it much easier for owners to sell instead of take the foreclosure route.

You didn't know who to trust, half of all courses that were on the market were good, tons of fly by nite operators (still many of those), performance in websites was an afterthought... and in general the market had nowhere trustworthy to go to learn how to grow their real estate business using the internet. 

But one thing is for certain when you syndicate you now have 1000 partners who all have access to the internet for all things good bad or indifferent.How One handles the tough times is very important to reputation management as we ALL go through tough times if you have been in this business long enough.  

Real estate is a very forgiving investment platform.Before the internet, most investors bought without any understanding of return on investment, cash-on-cash returns, or anything else.

Also it is so much easier today with the internet.

Any advice is greatly appreciated :) So you want to learn how to invest 100ks of thousands of dollars or millions from the internet? 

I was then getting retargetted ads following me all over the internet when I realized that the youtube ideas are probably a HUGE marketing funnel for leads. 

People gets locked inside factories in China to prevent thefts like they did  here in the US in the 1910s.Please keep in mind IF we all support oligopolies, the download/streaming business can end up like the internet server provider/cable business, where you and I have no real choice anymore.