Some people even believe that AI will take over the world!

A lot of the popular, no money needed, strategies like being a wholesaler, getting a partner to fund the deal, or STR co-hosting / arbitrage are a bit of a paradox because the people that have the expertise to effectively implement these strategies are typically the experienced folks that don't need no money down strategies to invest.

Moving forward you should be vetting all the people you work with to make sure you don't have spend for what the ARV goal you're trying to hit.

Where can you find people that are at least a friend of a friend to reference first before trying strangers?

In my experience, people with an athletic or military background understand the value of hard work and also realize that consistency will bring results eventually.. every set back is an opportunity to learn, grow and get better for the next at-bat.Training and onboarding:As far as programs or tools, I've tried monitoring CRMs and more in-depth platforms (like Sisu) to track agent activities/KPIs.

One of the best strategies is using other people's money, like private lenders or seller financing.

For plans that will pay off later, get into house hacking, save money for a first payment, meet people in local real estate groups and find a mentor, and put money into things that earn without much work like stock index funds or ETFs.

Talk and connect with people who know about buying homes.

Welcome to BP - lots of great people on here that can likely help. 

Mostly just people looking for handouts so they don't have to work.