You're already working on the network piece (Keep going), and you can get valuable knowledge from relatively inexpensive books from well-vetted sources.

My analogy roots from the stock market and goes like this; Some of the wealthiest investors don't pay attention to what the market is doing they do something called dollar-cost averaging where no matter what they buy a certain amount of stock, bond, ETF. 

Hey @Anette Tikkop as a new investor, the important things to have lined up on your end are the down payment (should be sourced & seasoned from/in your accounts, either business or personal), expect lenders to prefer a 680+ FICO score, and the loan amount should be $100k+ -- the lower the loan amount, the harder it is for financing. 

Applicant is confident that rent payment will not be an issue.Should I consider the life insurance as a qualifying income source? 

There are many sources for that cash recovery in a rental property...and that doesn't include refinancing of any kind.

Loopnet & Crexi are best used as sources for contacts & initial relationships with brokers, so you can build a list of broker names on those sites and go from there!

"For Sale By Owner" aka FSBO leads are a common source because these are folks that are motivated to sell and are not currently working with a Realtor.Focus on speaking to as many people within a specific time block each day and do it consistently.

But then my question would be how experienced is the wholesaler you're using to source the deal?

@Tomas Lam in our mls we dis lose the source of sq.ft.

Only a small percentage do it as their primary source of income in my experience.