Given you have a primary source of income, and assuming that your first efforts at lead gen are going to take a decent amount of time to develop/perfect, my opinion is that it would make sense to at least knock out one or two of the 30-hour post licensing courses. 

-Find an under-valued property - your Realtor, wholesalers and investors will be your best sources.- Set up keyword alerts so that you can receive notifications on topics and areas of interest!

The main source of capital for Private Lending firms were Private Investors looking for a secured return against real estate, or Companies that had their own capital to lend out.

@Wendy Black Thanks for posting that article ( here is the source in case anyone cares.) 

I find evicting someone that can not pay rent due to the Wuhan virus (I prefer to call it by its source over how it looks) to be immoral.We screen very well. 

Whether you find a good source to use for your own deals, or you are getting paid by investors to bring the money to their deals.

The other thing that is critical is that you have a mortgage authorization for the loan so you can talk to the lender/mortgage company at anytime to get up to date information.

I have known for years real estate was a good source of income and just haven't had the means to jump into it until recently.

(Source and more info:  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/minneapolis-fed-chief-says-small-businesses-need-forgivable-loans-60-minutes-2020-03-22/He offered that the Fed was prepared to print money if necessary and would flood the market to ensure 2008's financial disaster was not repeated. 

These are short term, and this author is hopeful, that the pandemic does not cause long-term financial implications.Rather than serve a 14-Day Notice to Pay or Quit it is recommended to be as flexible as one can at this time and negotiate rent amount due, time to pay or both – IF financial hardship is evident.For Landlords or managers that don't have the desire or ability to provide any flexibility, be prepared to wait until at least April 17th before the Massachusetts Housing court begins hearing eviction cases for non-payment of rent, (expect a back-log), and tenant-friendly judiciary at that point.A side note: for those that are unaware, or have historically not been interested in Section 8 or other subsidized housing programs (even though it's illegal in Massachusetts to decline an applicant solely based on the source or their rent payments), now is when you see some of the benefits – for tenant and landlord alike.