I like @Dave DeMarco approach of staggering in every few weeks, but right now the space seems more like trading than long term investing, at least with any meaningful amount of money.

The business environment remains healthy. 

Just trying to find the right balance of what is a safer way to approach it on my first deal.

Things have tightened up everywhere so it's not as it was in the day, but without question, many people became wealthy on both sides with an off-market approach.

That said, if you are OK with little-no profit and are simply looking to gradually build market share by doing high-volume low-quality deals, this approach could gain some traction.All the best!

Have you thought about that approach? 

It’s inspiring to hear how creative finance has changed the way you approach deals.

Quickly I realized that if I were to take the passive approach my goals of quitting my W-2 would be extremely delayed (also I would be putting my life savings into another person’s hands).

We’re upfront with sellers, letting them know we have no intention of buying the house ourselves but instead plan to wholesale it.This approach of honesty is so remarkably effective that we often don’t mention wholesaling until we've made the decision to wholesale rather than buy the property and flip it.What many wholesalers don’t realize is that by embracing honesty and transparency, success becomes exponentially easier and faster than by resorting to deception.With transparency, there’s no need to hide or pretend.

Here’s a potential approach to balance both goals:1.