Quote from @Jerryll Noorden: Quote from @Jon LaBorde: I’m a few days away from starting my first marketing campaign and I was wondering if anyone could tell me how many leads I need in order to get a wholesale deal, my first month I’m starting with SMS and cold calling and I’d like to reach about 10,000 people and I’m nervous that I should be trying to reach more.

It's going to be tough to buy a property without steady W2 income.  8k is a good start, but you might need to keep saving.  

I am well versed in pretty much every facet of Real Estate: house hack, LTR/MTR/STR, multifamily, and fix and flips primarily.Aside from that I am also (somewhat) a serial entrepreneur, having started and sold multiple business' over the last 15 years.I also meet with 20+ professionals every week, through referral groups, meetups, and just 1 on 1 sessions trying to get to know people and make connections.I would love to chat with you if you are looking to meet people and get more information about real estate in San Diego!

This a great place to get started. 

I currently have about 50,000 saved and want to start putting it to use, knowing real estate is one of if not the safest investments.

After living through the GFC and the shrinking market for local banks, they saw an opening in the market for what they call "consultative banking" like they had years before and decided to start a bank.

I would start there and then see if they are worth the shot! 

If you just hire the cheapest or first PMC you speak with and it turns into a bad experience, please don’t assume ALL PMC’s are bad and start trashing PMC’s in general.

That's a great person to start with!

I sold that in 92. next iteration was 2002 when I started a new lending company in Portland OR to specifically fund Turnkey buyers in the mid west doing BRRRR loans we killed that.