Literally every available second of every day was devoted to educating myself.- Closed on my first rental property, a foreclosure, in October 2016.

How many weekends do you want to devote to this project?

If there is someone out there that you really want to learn from you have to be a devoted fan.

The next two Meetups will be devoted to finding money and lending resources.  

If investment income isn't needed at the moment, they could devote all their cash flow to paying off each loan more quickly (ensure there's no early pay-off penalties of course) and end up with a portfolio of tenant-paid-for cash flow props that you paid about 25% for. 

Figure out what your goals are for your investments, how much time/effort you want to devote to them after you cut a check, and how much control you need to feel over the day-to-day.

Cash buyers, Wholesalers, Fix & Flippers, etc are all welcome to collaborate.I will devote all my time to the analysis and to even shadow someone, if possible.

I realize this will be more of a business that an investment and am prepared to devote the time needed to manage it correctly. 

With that short of a time frame, getting a business up and running and having solid documentation for getting loans will be difficult. 2) Starting your own business is going to require a tremendous amount of time and devotion.

The problem with working with 5 lenders at once is that it's super obvious to us, no you are not sophisticated enough to hide it, and most will simply devote 1/5 the time/energy to you (or you can work with 8 lenders, and be worth 1/8 the time/energy, etc), but you need folks paying attention and really helping you at this juncture.