Look into the local REIA and neighborhood educational platforms to learn your markets.Let me know if I can be of assistance and happy real estate hunting.Regards,Joe Scorese

That type of "investing" is actually called speculating, and is not much different than gambling.

And plaudits to BP for providing  this wonderful  platform to reach out and learn from one another

Some in our area have had success with REO auctions although I am not aware of any courses available, however, each auction platform has its' own process which they make known and the rest of the process is fairly straight forward auction protocol.

(absentee owners, tax delinquent, probate... ect.) and also what website or platform should I use to obtain this list?

Welcome to this most informative platform. 

In this market, investing and paying market prices hoping for appreciation is gambling.

My vote goes to Rentec Direct's property management platform and I've tried most of them out there. 

Airbnb does charge vacationers a 6-12% booking fee which they explain as “This helps us run our platform and offer services like 24/7 support on your trip.”

I am happy to brainstorm with you over the phone and send you some names in private as they do not allow that directly here on the platform.