Search "finding distressed properties", it's not impossible to find one by driving by, but there are much better ways, even walking and talking beats driving around. :) 

Some of the top firms won't hire agents without experience so they are more difficult to get into (but not impossible).  

An LLC also ties up money and makes it difficult if not impossible to access it.

Financing for investors is just about impossible though a bank. 

Hi Alex,You could do this in theory however your issue is the co-signor co-borrower relationship usually FHA will only allow blood relative (maybe your cousin, brother, sister, aunt, uncle but friends will be hard but "not," impossible).This strategy is usually called the kiddie condo strategy because parents would at times want to participate in the real estate market when their kids went to college.

Conservative Home Value: $48,000-$55,000 (could be more, the home is in a small town where comps are nearly impossible to find, This estimate is based on trulia, realtor, and zillow). 

Were I live tri-state area of KY, OH, WV, Property managers are unheard of, one answer I did received was because, in the state of Kentucky, there are to many laws and regulations that make it impossible to become a property manager.  

The 2% rule does not mean much to me, if my property becomes almost impossible to unload in the future or if the asset value deteriorates over time. 

It doesn't make it easy when you have sellers that feel like they have be there to meet everyone but it's not impossible.

(On the flip side, if you think every deal is a good one, it might be hard to find other interested parties in the project and a wholesale becomes difficult if not impossible).I started out without any money and a reluctant business partner - in my dad.