My introduction

[David Tankersley]

Hello all!

  Although I have been cruising this site for a short while now, I have grown to really appreciate what the folks here at BP are offering and am ready to get involved and learn more...so here goes,

   I am indeed a newb to real-estate in general, although my late father was an aspiring creative financing artist before his time came and I suppose that influence is rubbing off on me.  I first became interested in real estate after raiding my Dad's favorite books, primarily 'Rich Dad.." and now 'Think and Grow Rich".

BTW...I am in Anaheim, CA

I am looking to start in wholesaling for a while and build enough to pay-down some debt, improve our own home and save enough to match 1-2 years salary and marketing expenses before going full-bore into this...at least that's the dream. I do have one friend (who introduced me to BP) whom I hope I can lean-on some more for getting my feet wet, but will also be leaning hear and hopefully giving back after some time.

Some questions I have so far is:

what marketing works best for you? Yellow cards? If so, aren't all buyers and sellers "we" send these to getting inundated with these every month? is this an opportunity to create something more that helps you stand out from the pack? Or is this just standard practice?

Aren't there too many newbs like me in this field? I come from a photography background where I have seen all my skills go from supporting me to being worth just above dirt. And now everyone it seems is wanting to be a photographer with dollar signs in their eyes, lulled by photo-industry guru's selling a dream much like in this industry. The net effect of so many people wanting to be in such a fun field is that prices have come down so low there is no way to make a good living at it any more.
If i am jumping this real-estate train too late, I want to know.

Besides BP, I am consuming all the pod casts and online resources I can before making my first move.

Any suggestions or guidance you can offer is always appreciated.