Take a look at the forums, marketplace, and tools sections.  

BP has free online videos and courses for you to watch and learn and also has it's own podcast in itunes.

This usually takes a couple of days to do if you send via a mail fulfillment service like click2mail or yellowlettermail.comYou can also then look for the owner's phone number and email address using online services like Whitepages, true caller, callersmart, pipl, thatsthem or a skip tracing service like Intelius or Unlimited Skip Trace.

Take for instance in my market place.

You can buy decent stuff online for about what a few month's rental on furnishings will cost you (figure about $500/month to rent a 3 piece bedroom set, couch, loveseat, dining set, and a couple of lamps). 

Licensing info for every state is available to the public and in most cases is available online for free.

At BP, you can not only network with other real estate investors through the online forums, you can access the free videos and courses on this site!

What it takes in this marketplace is getting to the deals before anyone else.

BP offers you to network with other investors and comment through the forums and also has free online videos and courses for you to watch and learn from.

I immediately got online and was hit in the face with hundreds of stories just like ours.