datamine for distress points and driving for dollars.

I am in a spot right now where I have the drive and motivation to be great but would love some guidance on things I can do to build my contacts and client list.

Go drive the city look and learn 

Your motivation and drive are inspiring to witness - thanks for sharing your plan for your REI career.Lots of good advice already shared in the comments here, so I'll just say it all comes down to the life you want to have.

You are basically proposing a dollar cost average approach (starting with $1700/month). 

I’ve been out driving for dollars with my 12 year old son.

They have an "Investor Cash flow" mortgage where they basically use the cash flow from the investment property, your credit score, and proof of down payment (at least 20%) to qualify you for the loan.

Stick to basics and be content with an ok product to market .

What I would like to do is find a list of people who are late on mortgage payments and plan on foreclosing their house or selling to make the payment and contact them and offer a 'subject-to' option to basically absorb their debt and rent out the place until a possible refinance in the future to buy more places.

(Like appraisals it was randomly assigned to people that have a history of being available.)Bill kind of like me getting signed up to drive Lyft..