Good luck!

If you consistently analyze properties, recognizing a good deal will be much easier when it shows up.

I don't have a partner and the most important thing the program was able to give me was the assurance I had picked a good market, lender, teams and execute my business with an already tested system/processes.

(Note: it is hard to convey sarcasm in a forum post but that was intended to be sarcastic.)Good luck.

While they are very nice and I believe good people, I have had a few deals fall through after months of hard work on them because they do not fight for the deal in my opinion. 

Its the good neighbor rule... the tenants aren't technically doing anything wrong but trying to be courteous to your neighbor will go along way.

Find an investor friendly agent and connect with good lenders, property managers, and contractors. 

Definitely a great place to learn about real estate investing and what makes this website so beneficial is you can really micro target specific areas of the country and learn a lot of good info first hand. 

Your success is much more influenced by how well you play in a market, how good your team is, than by picking a marginal better market.

Listsource is a good tool as well.