We live in a content connect world with hundreds of YouTube videos, podcasts, online forums, and published books. 

Even for those who are local, most communication is online.

I've had luck going directly to sellers through driving for dollars and searching online property tax records.

As with any big conglomerate online lender, they spend a lot of money on their online advertising and reviews to make sure their reputation looks super clean.

Where can i find a mastermind? I hear people talking about it in some shows but I have yet to find one.

Not sure if I can post contact info here, but they are hard to find online.

. - Build an online brand (Company name, logo, website, company email, etc)- Connect with someone who has experience and has closed multiple deals so you can leverage their track record when reaching out to brokers. 

Last time I checked, it was geared towards bigger investors with large portfolios.Here’s a quick excerpt of what I found online “Interest Payments: Illinois landlords are not always required to pay interest on security deposits.

There is always someone who needs money more than the property, but these are not listed online with a broker.

@Joe Splitrock Thanks, I slowly got to that realization about Google Fi as I kept reading about it online.