I have already read through The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing and am currently reading the Book on Investing in Real Estate with No or Low Money Down but would appreciate any advice anyone has on other reading material, videos, articles, or seminars I as a newcomer can learn from.Thank you,

Other than an application, lease, condition checklist and possibly a lead disclosure, what else do I need for paperwork to place a new tenant?

#3 is pure nonsense. that leads me to worry about the rest of what you are hearing from the HML. 

Hey BP - I have a property lead that is a current duplex in the Denver Metro area.

Construction starts have gone up steadily the last years, we are back in the 1.2 million range, with even more permits pulled as a leading indicator for further gains. 

I personally wouldn’t buy a property without driving around the neighborhood or seeing photos/videos for that reason of how streets can change quickly.

(I'm not an attorney so I'm just raising an issue you may want to discuss with an actual attorney, but you may find this series of videos on wholesaling which was made by an attorney in Ohio to possibly be applicable to your situation.)In general I'm much more in favor of spending time to build relationships with a smaller number of buyers you've met with a few times and vetted a bit, instead of doing a mass mailing campaign - the "rifle" approach rather than the "shotgun".If you decide that's something you want to investigate, you could contact active people here on BP and/or go to your local real estate investment group such as RIREIG in RI or Black Diamond REI in Mass to start building relationships.Good luck and let us know how it turns out of course!

I have a lead on a house that I can get for 30K cash with an estimated rehab cost of 15K.

If that's the case, you'll have to drive for dollars, do your research on abandoned properties, make friends with mailmen, and all kinds of other ways to generate leads.

@Phillip Tamez, I try to stay away from using “rules”, as that can always lead you in strange directions.