While waiting to arrive at my goal I am reading books and building a network of realtors, fellow investors, and other much needed professional relationships.

We have a firm belief that building relationships and helping others will come back threefold, so I'd love to meet you and see how we can help each other!

As attorneys, we are limited in the information we can provide as we could be exposed to potential issues ourselves for providing legal advice and potentially establishing an attorney-client relationship.

@Arnie Guida Maybe you can move into he lending side by tapping into the relationships you've made during your years of being a landlord?

You need to have a solid relationship with the bank and educate the seller by letting him know that it does not affect the deal for him at all.  

I would think the more conversations with people would lead to potential relationships.

We can take the relationship slow in the beginning doing smaller projects so you can get a feel for how we do business, and we can gradually grow our relationship as we go.

Not only is the practice a good thing, but in some cases you can use the mixed calls to start building a relationship and start guiding the conversations towards a deal.500 letters to absentee owners is a good start! 

I am strongly considering starting my career as a mortgage consultant to learn applicable skills that will teach me about that part of the real estate investing industry while building relationships with many key players that will help with my business.

From what it sounded like, he has a tight relationship with his contract and thus pays the 20-30k expected renovations ahead of time.