Friendly salespeople and a good online document management system to get the paperwork filed.

I guarantee if a nuclear bomb went off a few months later some real estate guru would have a system for making huge profits in post nuclear blast zone real estate. 

She has been Ultra successful in her own investing and her process, techniques and systems will work for you, too.

Building a team and system to be able to rehab properties faster and for less money than most others.

But, most beginners don't.Your best shot of finding a deal is "driving for dollars," as Brandon terms it, looking for vacant/rundown properties in good neighborhoods with great school systems, then contacting the owners, who may have been considering selling, but not taken any action, yet.Another key is to pick an area and focus on that, getting to know local values like the back of your hand.

I guess I'm asking what systems you plan to use.Best of luck, sir!

Some places will do it on a rotation, or a random draw, some places have no system.  

I am opposed to any educator which charges to teach you any sort of system, as that money would be much better put toward your first deal. 

I definitely have a lot to think about though.

My duplex is fire separated with sprinkler system in the basement.