I have not asked for compensation, I have boiled water for dishes and baths.

When we were doing single family investments, we'd pack up 4-6 properties in a tranche and finance at one time together, so some were low LTV, some higher, and occasionally some over 100%... when we had separate D-T for each.

They don't have to be in your local area, but they need to have done a bunch and need to have systems in place that allow them to teach you by occasional in person visits, by phone, by text, by email, and by skype.In my opinion, you are MUCH better off teaming up with someone who knows what they are doing than you are paying for a one year guru program, for a couple of reasons:1) The cost - I am told these TV personality programs run from $30,000 to $75,000 with little or no hand holding2) They deplete your money, which prevents you from actually investing,  And that substantially slows you down, with the end result of discouraging most people.

(Occasionally you hear of sellers approaching the highest bidder to make a deal after the auction, but only if the bid was nearly at the reserve anyway.)You also have to watch for shill bidding on those sites.

Areas that I look at occasionally but have avoided so far include the fourplexes off State and 56th and the long line of duplexes on State and 63rd Terrace.  

I also do the occasional flip.

If you are looking for $30K -$50K profits per deal (NET) with the occasional $60K+ then we are speaking the same language.

I suppose there could be the very occasional situation where I represent a friend or family member but otherwise it is just my own traffic.Do you have a recommendation for an investor-friendly broker that will keep the fees the lowest?

I'm also trying to be 100% remote one day.The only down side I see to virtual is the being careful about costs of undeliverable mail blasts and occasionally needing them to forward certain pieces.

I lend occasionally.