No direct sources but I'm interested to know feedback from here.

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What is your water source?

That being said, here are a couple things we’ve done that helped a lot (I’ll list most useful to least):1) Join investor and wholesaling facebook pages for the market that you intend to be sourcing from.

You're already working on the network piece (Keep going), and you can get valuable knowledge from relatively inexpensive books from well-vetted sources.

Hey @Anette Tikkop as a new investor, the important things to have lined up on your end are the down payment (should be sourced & seasoned from/in your accounts, either business or personal), expect lenders to prefer a 680+ FICO score, and the loan amount should be $100k+ -- the lower the loan amount, the harder it is for financing. 

Applicant is confident that rent payment will not be an issue.Should I consider the life insurance as a qualifying income source? 

There are many sources for that cash recovery in a rental property...and that doesn't include refinancing of any kind.

Loopnet & Crexi are best used as sources for contacts & initial relationships with brokers, so you can build a list of broker names on those sites and go from there!

"For Sale By Owner" aka FSBO leads are a common source because these are folks that are motivated to sell and are not currently working with a Realtor.Focus on speaking to as many people within a specific time block each day and do it consistently.