@Matt Wan Many lenders require wet signatures on at least the Promissory Note but if yours does not, as a US citizen you could do the entire signing anywhere on the planet with a good internet connection + mic + camera via Remote Online Notarization (RON) for less than $200.If wet signatures are required, the answer then depends upon what foreign country you are in.

My net number is rental income minus expenses(3 mortgages, paying power bill at all three houses, property tax, insurance, internet in two properties).

While  I get my feet wet but , paying 2k-15k for information on the Internet is scam ..

Good cell phone reception and internet.  

Was it through internet search/referral/ other channels? 

tried real estate investing many years ago, before the internet era.

All of this is just from marketing and tutorials I have seen on the internet though.

The internet as wonderful as it is has also created a 'wild west' effect that is often unbridled.  

Write a book about it, utilize paid internet ads to drive book sales, follow on with YouTube videos, webinars, blog casts, on line tutorials, and sell a few one on one coaching sessions.4.

This was being done by amateurs without mentors, BP, a decent Internet forum, anyone to ask for advice, or heck, without knowing anyone that owned more than one house.