Find someone who is an investor, wholesaler or a real estate agent that would be willing to walk you through some deals and buy them lunch or coffee on a regular basis. 

Regardless of what route you take it starts with finding deals.

Also, what does the umbrella insurance do versus the regular insurance policies?

Or do you just bite the bullet and get regular expensive coverage? 

And I really need to start seeing this business dole out regular and predictable profits instead of holding them forever. 

@Josh Caldwell Excellent idea for a HM route.

Taking the limited route of using just one strategy means you would be missing out on at least 90% of your potential deals, and in the end you would start forcing your strategy onto properties that you have no business doing...then rationalizing that you did a good thing.One trick ponies lose more than they could ever gain.

After reading your post and looking into it a little more, I decided to pull he trigger on this one using the similar route you explained of joining the NEABA for the month until approved.

Exploring both routes currently.

We travel regularly to visit the properties but I believe that is very important in maintaining a strong asset.