Through multiple conversations and deciphering where that individual(s) is offer them to work for you as a bird dog.

Being defensive doesn't help, it just shows you got a short fuseI have said this  probably 50 times.....If you want to stay out of trouble and learn some basics of real estate investing...Read everything from these people@J Scott wholesaling, Buy his books on BP, cheapest Wholesaling education that is clear and useful and actionable@Brian Burke  @Bryan Hancock joint ventures and private lending and syndications@Bill Gulley every bank and financial regulation known to man and beast, Hell I bet he could decipher OSHA lol@Ken Rishel anything is going to do with regulations of mobile home parks and Dodd Frank@Jay Hinrichs an unusual level of experience in land, transactional funding, and running a re brokerage@John Jackson lease option law in Texas, executory contracts in Texas, and stand up comedy lol@Dmitriy Fomichenko and @Brian Eastman solo 401(k)s and Private LendingAnd without beating my own drum, I'm pretty good with negotiating terms deals with sellers, lease options, wrap mortgages, and installment salesI doubt the talent in this list is easily matched or exceeded anywhere on any other USA RE siteMy advice is to just follow these people and take some notes

Often self-employed people have a hard time getting conventional finance due to  tax returns being difficult to decipher — this product does not require a tax return review.

...my oldest son has a whole life policy that he just took withdrew $$$ out on, but trying to read through the paperwork and decipher before/after consequence was a nightmare. 

Ik that here in Hawaii, there’s a few laws on STRs and I’ve been trying to understand but it’s difficult to decipher.

  :)so to me Cash flow is were you find it.. go nuts trying decipher which area is best.

Many folks even the professional unable to decipher that this is mostly a statistical issue.

Find the knowledge, decipher the significant vs the insignificant, learn form them both and apply the takeaways to your challenge.  

If you want to send me your proposal I can look it over to help decipher it.

from the net, re RE and 3.8 taxhttp://www.realtor.org/small_business_health_coverage.nsf/docfiles/government_affairs_invest_inc_tax_broch.pdf/$FILE/government_affairs_invest_inc_tax_broch.pdfCharles Perkins should be able to help us decipher more