Buy hard assets as a hedge against inflation like rental properties.Inflation really is a "silent tax" on your wealth if you don't know how to protect yourself from it, but it could help you become more wealthy thanks to it!

A flyer or canned letter not only shows an extreme lack of sophistication in approaching a wealthy individual it's almost insulting.

These people are wealthy and busy, they get a lot of attention from people they'd rather not interact with.

Many people on this site have gotten very wealthy with rental properties.

I have spent the last 1-2 months researching, learning, and developing my real estate game plan that will help me to build long-term wealth. I

If you have any creative ways for me to get access to wealthy real estate investors locally or nationwide please let me know.

As I indicated at the beginning I'm sure there are less labor intensive ways to get ahead in real estate but this get-wealthy-slow, sweat-equity path has been really low risk and reasonably lucrative.

That's why super wealthy people don't have mortgages on their homes.

If they lose a job, or get a divorce or have a medical problem, they don't have a large 401k or IRA or home equity or stocks or bonds to help prop them up.If someone in Indian Hill (most wealthy area of Cincinnati) goes into foreclosure, it is usually in a blaze of glory because these people will normally have the necessary resources to weather a financial storm.What is still a bit of a mystery is why the foreclosures are so clumped in certain small areas or even on just certain streets.

I have a lot of passion about real estate investing, and I know it is the only true way to make an American become wealthy.