If by special you mean you no longer want to rely on someone to pay you what THEY think you are worth or you have so much fire in your belly that you just want to do deals all the time even while you are working on your regular "job than yes, IMHO it does take someone special. I think the special is based on desire one has to succeed vs just settling for a JOB with bebefits. Lots of people would rather do REI, or something they are really passionate about for a living but are way too afraid of not having the security of a regular JOB. I want to leave my W-2 but like Rob mentioned its a transition for me. It has to be strategic in order to replace my W-2 income and benefits. So when I go home a lot of nights I become a 5-9er and work on my REI business. Education is hugely important but not to the point of do nothingness (0 scrabble ponts for that word). I've received bandit sign calls from more than a handful of "investors" who thought they would buy properties at market value and rent them out only to be upside down 9 - 12 months later. Just take a look at a half a rehab job done by a so called rehab investor because he didnt get his repair estimate right and ran out of money. Don't skimp on education. I find it so easy to read books listen to CD's in the car and follow BP but I have to make sure to spend a good amount of my free time doing activities that produce revenue. Marketing, calling leads, visiting leads, following up. Short story is you gotta be in the game my man if you are going to make that transition. Balance it out. I'm currently studying the rehabbers that I'm doing business with to see exactly how they run their full time businesses. Some of these guys are flipping 10-20 houses a year. In the meantime I'm just trying to collect wholesaling fees and get deals into my pipeline. It works if you work it and it works if you don't. Good luck.
