Solid advice @Guy Gimenez.Its all about providing value then absorbing whatever skillsets/approach from the mentor

. $2.5k in staging and advertising.I was planning on offering her $40K for the property.I would love to hear anyone's opinion on how I've approached this deal. 

Toua,I have a friend who created a LLC for each of her properties and her take on it was she wanted the ability to limit liability/damage that could impact her assets/business if she ever got taken to court.I'm new to this myself and plan on taking this approach.

I wanted to get guidance on what will be a respectable way to approach this type of lead.

One is to approach from the flank and determine what is upsetting his/her boss most and discuss ways to solve this.

Finally, I have been working on ways to approach real estate investors and smaller companies to offer my skills.

When you approach the bank, I would look for a commercial loan structure as they can be a bit more flexible than if you were applying for a residential investment loan.  

This site makes some good suggestions on how to approach it. 

They have great systems, are very good at pitching and convincing people to sell to them, and you can probably learn a lot by watching their approach. 

Hi Serena, both the online courses and the classroom approach are capable of allowing you to pass the NYS exam.