And this is when corporate earnings are high due to lots of spending, general (slow) economic recovery, very high consumer confidence etc.

.- Define your goals ( if you want to make 100k per year on 600k invested it's going to be work. )- Do you want to be a producer or a consumer? 

Economists say about 65 dollars a barrel is optimum where the oil businesses can still make money but the gas pump prices to consumers are not too high.If the barrel pricing goes really high again then it can make a boom for oil industry areas such as certain parts of Texas but have a much larger negative affect on the rest of the country with per gallon gas prices too high.Example where I live in GA 87 octane is about 2.18 a gallon.

Starting a REIA is a lot of work, very time consuming, and the answer to the "does it make me money right now?"

It sounds like $125/lb to the end consumer is the going rate.

Incorporating cutting-edge aerial imagery to your marketing can set you apart from the competition and really grab consumer interest.

I've also got some consumer debt to payoff, but I'm going to keep making the scheduled payments and let it pay down as it is scheduled.  

It can be a completely time consuming job, but keep studying and take action and you will get where you want to go.

No I am saying find a cash flow from whatever you want to do then move into flipping.. flipping is very time consuming. if its your dream to work less then flipping its not it. most of the time.

"gurus" who created loan products that exceeded acceptable risks and then consumers were able to use their homes as ATM's by using 125% second or an 80/20 interest only stated loan.