Bird dogging won't get you any real skills.If you really want to learn skills, you need to start wholesaling.Wholesaling forces you to get good at getting ARV's (Bird dogging does not)Wholesaling will force you to learn how to Negotiate (Bird dogging does not)Wholesaling will force you to learn how to estimate cost of repairs (Bird dogging does not)Wholesaling forces you how to market for off market below market value motivated sellers (Bird dogging does not)Wholesaling trains you how to deal and talk and handle sellers (Bird dogging does not)Wholesaling forces you how to handle and sign contracts. 

For internet leads the best bet is to get a site like Carrot.comYou can also purchase lists with different motivations like absentee owners, 60-90-120 days late on mortgage, pre-foreclosure, delinquent taxes, water cutoff, code violation, evictions, probate, divorce, etc. and mail or cold call.Other methods are driving for dollars, door knocking, wholesalers, craigslist, Realtors, FSBO sites, expired listings, put out bandit signs, billboards, newspapers, other offline publications.You can use pay per click/adwords, motivated seller website with SEO, facebook, Linkedin, Youtube, and other forms of online and social media marketing.If you have a big budget you can do radio, TV and billboards.

Its a crazy deal space that all the teachers are good and honest people;  John Jackson (TX), Joe Bodeck, and Joe McCall (supper smart) who has come out with a brilliant educatoin help:  1 page deal training. 

Quick tip reverse good search any evidence you receive to make sure they weren't pulled off the internet. 

. 👍 you got good training form both Al and J. 

I visited the campus several times to train people on our latest technology when I worked there.

A CPA who doesn't know to deduct meals, mileage, or phone/internet would be like hiring a Realtor who doesn't know how to pull comps 🤣

It’s like a loaded freight train, it takes a long time to get momentum but, once you have it, it’s nearly impossible to stop.

@Robert Collins, I agree with what @Trevor Ewen mentions and think of AirBnB as the following:Assuming you can rent your property as a 12 month rental or chose to use AirBnBPros:  Generate higher yields in the short term, creates flexibility for your property if you also like to use it.Cons:  More management overhead, cashflow could be unpredictable, higher property wear and tear, economically more dependent, on the hook for utiltilies (internet & cable) and upfront furnishing costs.If you are taking an arbitrage strategy where you are renting from a landlord and then creating a spread. 

Does anyone have any pointers on a good brokerage that trains new brokers very well ?