I ended up on bigger pockets when searching for an online community of like minded individuals whose passion is real estate investing (so glad I found this site). 

It is hard to find books or other online material that is updated enough to rely on.Regards,Erik

@James Chun II hit the @ sign, then start typing someone's name, a box should pop up after 3 letters or so with suggestions of who you are trying to tag, same as most sm platforms...

Hi, all. I closed on my rental property in January 2018, but I incurred expenses to buy it at the end of 2017. Normally, it's pretty straight forward on Turbo Tax, when the expenses to purchase a rental and the income...

Do online payment and stop telling them where you live if you don't like them dropping off mail.

Looking at properties online (MLS, Auction Sites, etc), physically looking at properties in consideration, putting in offers, going to closings, meeting contractors, checking progress on projects, going to RE meets, going to RE seminars, driving time to these events and locations?

the gurus sell the idea of wholesaling as easy and no money down but that couldn't be more wrong. there is no guarantee return on the money invested in marketing . a wholesaler needs to do a lot, a lot of research to the local market where they are trying to find deals. you need to not only find the deal but prove that it is one to a potential buyer/investor. now Im not trying to discourage you, there are plenty of ways of getting started without MUCH money down .you can get a few cards made at a copy/print shop. you can talk to people and let them know what your trying to do. you can build a social media platform which is free. remember as a wholesaler your simply trying to find the deal then sell it at a commission. a friend of mine that is an agent uses their title company  to find information on houses in my neighborhood,  become friends with agents!.

So we came across the online tool to farm for properties.

At first, I was looking on the counties online public record but unfortunately I will have to search for individual addresses and after doing some more research I came across that is possible to get a listing through the MRIS.

I have seen online banks that yield 1.5% APY.