Be active in the community here and you will pick up a ton of knowledge just by reading and learning.

Most of the LAs I submitted offers to early on quickly shopped them and low and behold - that property that was vacant with no activity for months suddenly has a competing offer and sells for $100 more than I offered.

(You'd be looking for the needle in the haystack with lots of active participation on your part to find them. )As I'm sure you've discovered, there are many markets around United States where you can achieve favorable rates of return and be in a healthy market and in desirable neighborhoods.Working with a professional to help you identify those markets in neighborhoods would be my best advice.

To start on your own as a Broker, you need to have your license active for 4 years, pass the exam, I'm not quite sure about if you need to have some number of transactions.

Also, BP has been a great source of business for me, and all I had to do is what I like doing anyway....just being active on BP, making forum comments, sticking my 2 cents in

Driving around I came across a few properties with online auction signs not active on the MLS. 

It's a very active community and we are pretty involved.Also give to a great organization in Paterson, NJ (New City Kids).

You really should consult a CPA such as @Brandon Hallwho is very active on these forums and knows real estate investing.

I want a real estate investment company were what we do is property management and be an active buy and seller in real estate.

Her bid never went beyond $25K on most properties & she was very active during the bidding.