My cleaner I met on a local to the area Real estate meetup I joined for networking and was a huge score.

Commercial, you should expect to spend a good amount of time prospecting and networking. 

@Eric Matuszewski one of your best investments is professional organizations for landlords and real estate investors so you can network and learn from others in your area.

Loopnet for example is owned by CoStar, the largest commercial MLS in the US and most widely used by brokers; no matter the market CoStar generally will have the most complete set of listings.

I am new to the phoenix Arizona area I just came across a deal and i'm wondering if the numbers add up the house has a mortgage on it that the sellers want to be paid off the area where the house is in a decent area they did some work on it they added an extra bedroom so instead of it being a 3br/2th its now a 4br/2th 1,400 sq foot with a lot size over 6000 sq ft the mortgage thats owed is 53k the house needs minimal repairs it really just needs to be updated they want are asking 102k free & clear and they want the mortgage of 53k to be paid off  total asking price including the mortgage price 155k is the total asking price houses in that area have sold for a wide variety of price range is my concern they range selling price is anywhere from 80k all the way up to 210k  properties withing the 1 mile range of the house have sold for 170k to 210k is this a good deal or should i try to go back and renegotiate the deal

I will def not start looking at houses without any kind of fund already in the works, unless I just strictly want to do wholesaling and even then I would have network first. 

Attend local real estate investment networking events.

just by networking and letting people know what you do there are plenty of people who are time poor but who would like to give you money for a solid return on investment.

I think the real benefit in having your license is networking and meeting people that can and will help you.

Get out of your house and hit your local real estate networking groups.