Be patient and last tip is to keep your active income as long as you can and try to continue to increase that active income every year as that will help you grow your rental portfolio much faster and live below your means. 

This should help you because you will get told that they all will help you, but next week, they will be working on a new group of agents.Pro tip: Cloud brokerages and some big box brokerages (eXp, Real, KW) operate a downline model, so many people who "recruit" you to join their excellent brokerages are just adding you to their downline.

But typically those properties go for high prices. 

I've heard about how helpful the forums are and wanted to try posting my situation on here for some tips and guidance.I'm just starting my investing journey and my friend informed me of a house in my area that is about to go to Foreclosure. 

So they are highly experienced in the market..

I do Zillow rental manager (which posts to a handful of sites) and FB marketplace.  

I did receive an e-mail from them last month recommending that i offer a 10% discount which i was already doing.Forcing an opt out just upsets folks.

That said, I strongly recommend you use a service like Avail.co or Turbo Tenant to draft a state-specific lease agreement.

Quote from @Tyson Thompson: Your best option is to use a data site like AirDNA. 

@Matt Rodak runs the site and I have met him a few times and had a number of discussions with him (more from the investor side not from the flipper side).