I basically took ideas I gleaned from that course and was able to find the right "seller". 

The Section 8 Handbook is a great read, and you might glean a lot out of Landlording on Autopilot by Mike Butler.  

It's an easy enough read that you could glean the concepts, and get to the basics.I think one flaw in a lot of financial education is that people tend to prioritize one-time situations over habitual and systematic behaviors.

So the steps I have gleaned from the above discussion:1.

I've gleaned these lenders from the kind people on BP.

Still exploring options and gleaning from other people’s wisdom :-) there are a lot of options, i'm selling  a 4 unit to a cali buyer cash and he's refinancing within 60 days, BRRRR deals so he can cycle his cash the most possible. that's what i'd focus on. build up maybe 20 units or a little more and sell the whole package and do a 1031 exchange. 

In addition to income and job security, I try to find out as much as possible about someone's character and level of responsibility, which can be tough to glean from references, previous LL's, and employers.

I am already charting forward towards realizing my goals and I have joined the biggerpockets to glean from the experts and one day give back to the community.

I've gleaned these lenders from the kind people on BP.

Wondering what kind of learnings I could glean from any first/second-hand experiences.