I have listens to and heard from many people that your real estate license can be an invaluable tool.

@Andrew Syrios I'm only one property in, but believe buy-and-hold will always be the way to go (I've been listening to your dad on podcasts).

I have been listening to the Bigger Pockets money podcast and Bigger Pockets real estate podcast for the past year and a half, and I am ITCHING to buy my first home and start my real estate journey. 

Put yourself in the shoes of a renter. 

Listen to podcasts and videos to find a strategy you can learn and love.

If you listen to everyone telling you how to get leads you'll be broke.

@Sara Aviv BergerI listened to Neal Bawa the other day and he said check cap rates in London or Singapore or Hong Kong and elsewhere across the globe, you will find they are lower than in the US.

I would get him to agree to seller financing first then negotiate terms after listening to what they want or need.You could make 3 offers.All cash wholesale price. 

As someone who was in your shoes ~20 years ago I can tell you this is the right way to do things.  

As I have been looking at properties and listening to some podcasts, a principle that emerge is that if there are separate meters, then you can easily charge the tenants.