@Caleb Heimsoth $1000 referral fee may be needed for a professional but I bet most people you meet in the street or the garage or at the open house  or the guy at a construction site will be thrilled with $500.

Jeannie,We host an RV industry investing meetup. 

Personally, I wanted something at least 60k people strong as I felt like it would be easier to find renters, but I've seen plenty of threads on here where people are doing well with rentals in much smaller markets.I went to Sperling's Best Places to Live site and looked up cities I was interested in. 

Use bigger pockets to promote it as well as sites like craigslist as well.1k isn't a ton but work it the best you can brother

I know that this site (biggerpockets.com) is mainly for the US but I hope I can catch some interest.

I will go the site Josh recommended and pay the owner to give me the keys without a lease.

I created my own rental property calculator in a spreadsheet which is roughly based on the calculator on the site. 

I am fairly new to real estate investing, I've read multiple books and will continue to learn from this site before making any rash decisions.I am hoping to learn from others on this site, and build a network of people to assist me with my business ventures, If there are people in either area who would like to connect please contact me.

I think we get slightly above market rents, due to allowing pets, being flexible with credit score, and marketing on Zillow, HotPads, type of sites more than Craig's list.

Looking into sites that can assist in mapping crime/education/etc.