Hi everyone! I want to start...

[Steve Harmon]

investing but I am in the over analyze the hell out of everything and probably scare myself into sitting on the sidelines forever phase.

Can you all help me answer a coupe questions?  Please don't take anything I say as a "shot" at anyone.  I do not me it that way at a all..

1.  Why is it that everyone that all these people that claim and/or seem to be so successful (Brandon Turner, Mark K, or any number of others) in RE are working so hard writing books, teaching seminars, running websites or some other way of using their "success" to make money by educating others.  It seems to me that if RE was their passion and they loved it so much, they would be out doing that instead of all these other things that while yes,mother help people are ultimately to make themselves more money.

2.  Does it make sense for me to hire someone more in tune (maybe an agent) with the RE industry to provide me with leads on possible profitable deals instead of me doing the leg work myself?

3. It's seems like every time I meet someone who wants to network, they always end up trying to sell me something.  It makes me feel like these meetup groups, BP, seminars, etc are more tools that are used for some people to prey on unsuspecting folks that are trying to better their lives.  Can you help me see that I am being to paranoid?

Thanks and please give me some feedback!  I am ready to take the plunge but, when I do, I want to be fully committed!

Oh, I also have the task of convincing my wife.....she, like the majority of Americans lives her life based on FEAR and is not very excited about my intentions to enter the RE market:)

Thoughts?