Local Facebook groups of investors or subreddits can also be huge.2) Attend local meetups and REIA meetings, these can be great to meet potential clients and other contacts to source deals3) Friends and family CAN work but you should try this: set up a class on real estate investing, have yourself and other folks speak about how to get started and Invite every single person you know and if they're not interested, no problem, ask them if they know anyone that can benefit from that4) Longer term, but you can create content on available delas for Inst and TikTok, Real Estate investing is a hot topic and not many folks use those video platforms to show people real deals and how to get started.Best of luck.

It's not worth the 1/2 hour  to hour trip (one way)  to go look at a potential deal, then crunching numbers, then spend another hour on all the paperwork required to submit an offer in writing on a MLS deal. 

I'm doubting I can find a deal there which is why I haven't asked my Realtor to make any offers, hate to waste his time.

Before submitting an offer, thoroughly investigate possible properties through due diligence.8.

I found a local property management company that offers a "lease only service" meaning that they will take pics, market/list the property for rent, handle showings, screenings, and paperwork to onboard the tenant and then hand it over to me to manage.

My dad was a builder (but has now passed) and I just think this makes so much sense but need to find access to the knowledge and potentially an investor/creative financing to do the rest.Anyone who could offer any advice/time/links to info would be greatly appreciated. 

She offers many courses for free.  

I would have paid another experienced local investor (an unbiased party not having anything to do with the sale of the home or selling me services) to do a thorough video tour of every inch of the house before submitting an offer. 

Arianne, when you say the flips are easy to sell, can you tell me about how long it's taking to get offers once the homes are listed?

@Andrew Stouse you can ABSOLUTELY buy a property using your VA loan with not only ZERO down, but with the right realtor and offer, you can actually walk away with cash back in your pocket at closing.