Then at the end of the year I just print out a report that has all my income and expenses and hand it to my accountant and done! 

I am not able to get the water turned on for my own inspection so I was wanting to see if other investors would Plumbing: "water lines tested and would not hold pressure, the main line from the tank is malfunctioning and allow air to escape."

I also left out that I am also interested in buying and holding properties and wondered how tough it might be to do it out of state.

As a brand new investor, perform this process at least 5-6 times before you have a job in hand that you're desperate to start.

This is what I have come up with for myself.I am going to specialize in FSBO properties, buy and hold/flip investors, facebook ads, and FB group posts for buyer leadsI created a pretty lengthy "how to sell your home" guide for FSBO properties, I plan to stay in front of other agents by actually knocking on doors, and delivering the guide to them in person, and then using that to set up a follow up appointment when I can deliver a free CMA. 

@Jeff Copeland Just wanted to say thanks for the very thorough response, and I think for the present I'll just continue mailing my leads and hold off on the short sale bit.

Good Morning Jose, Is your nephew looking to become a licensed agent or is he looking for investment training on how to rehab, wholesale, buy and hold etc?

This is why an experienced bidder or sherpa we'll always have the upper hand on bidders who act desperately.

After every three or four speakers they would hold a discussion panel with those same speakers and give the audience an opportunity to ask questions that would be answered by everybody on the panel.

We do wholesale, rehabs, buy and holds, retail.