The point is not so much that the Social Safety Nets are "Socialist" or worse yet, "Communist."

if your buying at the right price, and seller finances, why not rent property, let the renter pay the mortgage off, then your left with a good cash flowing property for the rest of your life (who needs social security?).  

After getting bombarded by social media influencer scams, promising how their wholesaling course will turn me into a millionaire, someone in the comments suggested that people who were actually interested in taking real estate seriously listen to the Bigger Pockets podcasts.

All these social media stars make it look so easy in attempts to get you to buy their book or course, but in reality it seems like the hardest part.

When starting out, seeing all that paid advertising, paid social, paid leads, etc turned me off completely but felt pressure that it was the only way....it's not. 

I've been joining groups on different social media platforms pertaining to areas I'm interested in to get more of an inside story from locals.

One quick thing that gets over looked from skip traced data is that you could upload that to social platforms to create look a like audience to market through FB ads for example to those property owners and those similar to them.

I see a social aspect to proving to house and in some areas, even people who have jobs can't afford to live in a small house.

A big part of OOS investing is making sure you have contacts in place to assist - so while you're out researching markets, it wouldn't hurt to join some local Facebook, or other social media, sites with OOS investor groups specific to the area you're looking at and see what folks are doing, and who they're working with.Background checks can go a long way when you start bringing contractors into your game-plan as well.Lots of moving pieces as you narrow down your focus - best of luck to you!!

You can meet and connect with team members through BP, social media, and you could do some research to find local companies in your desired area.