I understood your question to be about the various online auction sites such as Hudson & Marshall, Auction.com, etc.

Some of these will be no shows.If I have a tenant that is taking care of place I will likely show house while they are there.If they are slobs or place needs stuff like paint ot or repairs I will not advertise till I can take care of these so house will show well.I routinely use resident research.com for background checks but you Zillow offers online applications for $29 to the tenant.I turned this option on last vacancy and it worked really well.I told anyone that wanted to apply to go to Zillow and do so.

Out of state investing is your best bet, IF you want to start right now.

So, any problem with me taking online realtor classes for my pre-exam requirement!?

FSBO tend to go online or family and friends for such advice to be told what they want to hear. 

Sometimes this map is online, and sometimes there is a GIS map which will help you even more.

For your lease- whatever you do, don't grab a free one online.

Hi All,I'm looking to see if anyone knows of a calculator/modeling tool which can help me compare the benefits of selling a property with these four options:Sell and pay capital gains/depreciation recapture upfrontPerform 1031 exchange into new property, defer taxesSell on Seller Carryback Installment Sale, defer taxesSell on Monetized Installment Sale, defer taxesSurprisingly I couldn't find anything online which was very helpful.

@Teyvian Copeland Your best bet starting out would be to find a local real estate investors group.

I thought this would most likely my best bet for rapid growth.My strategy is fairly similar to what you did, and I really believe a 3 or 4 plex would make things even better, but good deals on those are really tough to find in my area.