At the root of this is the simple problem that would be solved by doing your own marketing, lead generation and research. 

I am 5th generation on this farm.

The war Bush has gotten us into is propably the most expensive and unnecessary war of our generation.

While I am not sure if hugging, kissing and agree like children with self-esteem problems is the way to improve the chances of generating more wealth through real estate...........I am positive that passionate debate, with well thought out and respectful arguments, are the seed to new ideas that we can all learn and profit from.

Conversely, if you use that $40K as a partial down payment how much cash flow would that generate? 

With the explosion of Airbnb over the past few years, STR is becoming more popular for buy/hold investors as a way to generate revenue.

Based on the prevailing mortgage rates and the investment value of cash it is costing you $2 for every $1 generated by your equity.You only pay off a mortgage (buy with cash) for two reasons, because the properties are so low in value you can not get a mortgage or you are so fearful of risk that you probably should not be investing in the first place.

I’m new to the game obviously and I’m going to start generating off market deals and need a contract to lock in sellers.

I signed up for the gold club as well and been impressed with the wealth of information.With my 90 goal of buying 1 SFH with creative financing by March 31st, 2019, I am really wanting to automate this process of lead generation, calling the sellers by the help of a VA and answering service.

@Adam GoldbergSelf employment means that you have a for-profit business activity that generates earned income.