Like @Sarah Kensinger said, I would surround yourself with like-minded people that have had success in the real estate industry to motivate you and teach you things you may not know! 

I've been watching YouTube videos, reading, listening to podcasts.   A couple of investors said that it was important that homeowners had a certain amount of equity before they make an offer using the subject to finan...

Shippley - I think this is incredibly smart, this is exactly what I did to expand my real estate portfolio. 

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I hope I can get some advice/motivation to get started!

If you're likable and keep showing up it shows the motivation. 

The average time to flip a home is 6 months --again averages, but with a solid network and referral partner you can find incredible deals that are far less price than $250k (like $70 - $90k) and average profit potentials over double from the 20% average example, pending on extra hands provided for your daily research.

.- In general, I see politics playing a rapidly increasing role and impact as stimulus and assorted actions have exceptional high probability of occurring induced from political motives, riding backs of legitimate economic standings, but amplified in there deployment via political motives.  

What about asking if the seller is motivated/interested to sell?