Again, the BiggerPockets store has some books for this or you can learn by watching podcasts, reading blogs, and interacting on the forum.

Hello BP,I am writing this discussion with a goal of receiving a Mentor I hope to earn that through this post.I'm a Carpenter not a writer so please "bear with me"This weekend I attended a training one leadershipand what was discussed really helped me understand the differences in the generation gaps.Ill start off by saying I was brought up with practically no father and very minimal interaction with my mother becuase she worked so much.

Hi BP Nation,I just had my first "virtual" LUNCH with other real estate investors and it was awesome.And this is why I am putting this out here for BP members to benefit from, specially the newbies.A virtual lunch is basically a webinar but more interactive.

I have just a few tips for you that can help you through your real estate journey.Advice for this site...1) Set up keywords for your area and interests so that you're notified when they're used and then start interacting.2) Read through The Ultimate Beginner's Guide3) Go through applicable blogs and podcasts as there are a lot of great resourcesAdvice for REI...1) Study up on what you need to know/do for the 1st step and then do it, then repeat for all following steps until you have completed your first investment then repeat the process and keep learning.

It is certainly good information to know, provided one could understand it.My point is that as a practical matter, if an investor works through a licensed servicer and has the servicer handle interactions and communications with the borrower, the investor has a level of protection. 

Now be sure to be active... you will get so much from this site if you interact.

feel free to interact in the forums, meet some great people, and definitely provide more value to the community by sharing your thoughts, experiences, and of course, success stories!

The challenge here (when you do find the owner) is convincing him/her to interact with the court sponsoring the auction in an expeditious manner that would "stay" the property  or temporarily delay the auction.Also he/she may not wish to cooperate with you at all knowing that you have a vested interest.

Interacting face to face will help tremendously with forming those critical relationships to aid your progress.

We felt fine about the interaction with the owner in evaluating going with Renters' Warehouse on the PM side, beyond just the observation that the offering seemed very formulaic and we did not 'buy' the value proposition (for the right price of course we may have bitten).During the one other experience we had with them, though - the service was poor, at best, but extremely dysfunctional.