Network, social clubs, chamber of commerce, newspaper advertising , craiglist, car signs, Youtube, investor clubs, school board meetings, church groups, Personal lawyer, mailings, foreclosure lists, neighborhood door knocking, drive bys, grocery store bulletin boards, Trulia, Zillow, realtors, expired listings, RealtorTrac, FSBO, Garage sales, Open houses, Family reunions, Fire truck chaser, Funeral chaser, Floods, Classified ads, Apartment rental listings in newspaper, Current Tenants, Hud home auctions and listings, REO's, Real Estate auctions, Auctioneers, Appraisers, Relationships with Building code inspectors and others in office, Propertry Tax sales, Sheriff auction sales, Soliciting mailings to Probate lawyers, Real Estate seller lead providers, GURUS that have lead programs, Start an RE investment club locally, Hold seminars local on how to buy a home or sell your home. and on and on and on.

Invest some time on b/p, find out what other investors are doing, you will find b/p training material some of the best out there in the market.

We all are taught in the real estate training what to do but I'd like to hear what people REALLY do, what works, and best practices.

I called my accountant right away when I found this out and he stated it had to be done that way because of new program or something the irs is using, taxes would not allocate properly or something.

Since its a service dog, does this mean its well-trained and behaved?

We can always use more investors to help provide the housing that will be needed to double our populating over the next 25 years.We offer a turn-key program focusing on Tax Sales properties. 

How about researching special programs targeted to those in public service, for example,http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?

Also I have personally used a credit repair program from http://creditlife.us/.

I looked at almost 60 houses before I bought my first one to rehab and flip, several of them along the way I feel in love with and wanted to make an offer however, the numbers on those didn't work for me and my mentor trained me to not get emotional and always stick to your numbers.Keep looking, you will get better at knowing what you want and don't want and the right property will come along for you.Good Luck!

They have rental assistance programs here in Georgia to help people, although I'm sure its a pain in the butt to get into.