But, if they don't have some sort of formal training/experience within the industry hiring them is a terrible idea (from what I've heard).Just to put this into perspective, all of our bookkeepers are U.S.

They also have trainings and other classes you can take, which are generally included with your membership, or at a very low cost.  

Do they pay for vacation pay, medical insurance, workers comp, payroll taxes, PTO & holidays, ongoing training, trucks & commercial vehicle insurance, liability insurance, admins, marketing, SEO, liability insurance, bonding fees, licensing fees?

Check out Jake and Gino's training program, or see if you can find something on hotel syndication.

Mail out flyers is the best way.You can drive around the area that you are interested and see if it looks abandoned and find the owner.It's off-market so it means a lot of manual work on finding them. do a simple internet search and you will find many ways.

I also read daily and attend RE investor training courses regularly. 

Are you hoping for the partner to train you while working together, or would you prefer regular updates on the process?

I had some training but no real experience, especially when it came to negotiating.

Marco,I'm extremely close with a RE attorney who got a template off the internet and then customized it. 

To add to the humor, I skiptrace the guy, I think he has more court cases against him than the weekend warrior training program /guru who has around $2M in judgments against him that he probably just took his weekend course from - because its comical that after this guru holds his course every new investor comes out of the wood work with the same facebook and email campaign that they have been teaching for the past ten years..