True off market deals take time and if you have time to burn then the driving for dollars and cold calling can find you a deal.

I'm not an SME on immigration law, but I know that you can get burned pretty badly if you run afoul of OFAC and AML stuff. 

In my 17 years of real estate investing, I have not been sued once, despite experiencing major property damage—such as two homes burning to the ground due to faulty wiring and a tree collapsing onto a master bedroom while a tenant was sleeping.

From there, our mastermind component really helps plug any gaps, answer burning questions, etc.

Ask other LPs where they have been burned and what they learned from it.  

Otherwise, they will just end up ignoring you and you'll get frustrated. 3) Naive/newbie investors get burned all the time by only looking at the numbers - w/o fully understanding how the location/property/tenant will affect those numbers.- They often get sold Class C or D properties while using Class A assumptions - then wonder why they are losing money.Here's some copy & paste info that you hopefully find helpful:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a property in Class D area to Class A standards, what quality of tenant will you get?

So shift your expectations to most of the cash out and you'll be good and you'll actually start buying deals, versus people who wait for the perfect deal, spin their wheels for 6 months terminating contracts/analyzing hundreds of places, and then eventually burn out and give up. 

Dont get dirty, dont get burned by OSS team members, dont get burned by tenants, use less money to finance your deals.  

I'm originally from Florida and jumped into real estate after burning all the boats. 

So far besides a few books and a burning desire I am a complete novice to this.