Attend local real estate investor (REI) meetings and get to know people.

DM me if you would like to have a conversation and I can guide you to people I know in the community that could help.

Most importantly, they are disrespectful and bad business people.

So it probably makes sense to send targeted letters to people who you're most interested in connecting with.Solid advice, thank you.

Hey BP people!

At the end of the day we can screen our tenants all we want, but cannot control what people do.  

My current situation is that I always flip with other people’s money.

Hello good people of BiggerPockets.

You must work at least 750 hours per year in a qualified RE business.So most people who have high-earning W-2 jobs outside of real estate won't qualify.But the unique thing about RE pro status is that even if you don’t qualify but your spouse does, you can both file jointly and claim the losses from your RE investments to offset your other active income together.It's an incredibly powerful benefit if you do meet the criteria.

My biggest question when I was researching all the programs was "If these people are so successful at what they do, why are they charging so much for all of this and always trying to upsell?"