I know which towns/neighborhoods are 'asleep' right now, yet soon to awaken (due to expanding employment  and entertainment opportunities).

I read these forums religiously everyday and I have the books and the deal analyzer and all that, just not sure of the steps and what order.

The Private lender that I selected for this deal claimed that he is always willing to close church deals as long as the income was strong and the borrower had reserves and if need be they would look at additional guarantors .Well I figured this was an easy match until the lender began to speak on the conference call and made a ton of insensitive remarks, a few religious jokes gone wrong and even an ill timed reference to pornography.

Those investors who were inexperienced enough to believe that they could just go to a broker during a hot seller's market and trust him/her to send them financially feasible listings were in for a very rude awakening.

I have been following the site and listening to the podcasts religiously for about a year now.

Try to create strategy and stick with it and follow it religiously. 

It is a breakdown of what business really entails through the religious lense.

I have recently become extremely interested in real estate investing and have been reading books, listening to pod casts, and studying these forums religiously.

Does anyone have a List Broker that they use religiously?

I have been listening to the podcast religiously for the past 3 months.