Mike Shigley what type of investing are you going to concentrate on?

I don't see how the economy of scale eluded to in this strategy can be effective unless managed in a way that organizes the sales in a concentrated area.

Or is there some concentrated way of finding buyers all in one place?

Hi,I am wondering what everyone thinks the most important things to concentrate on are when you are just starting out?

Houston is a densely packed city of suburbs and everything I owned for rental was between my house and my office.One benefit of concentrating your efforts is that you can be pretty familiar with every neighborhood, builder in an area.

We have been concentrating on this area and have really made some serious income and it's just the beginning!

I'm Ed from eastern oklahoma.Currently I own no property other than my personal residence,of which I currently owe around 13k(worth ~150k)I will be entirely debt free around the beginning of next year and i'm interested in real estate and RE investment.I'm 29,married,with 2 children(1 severely disabled).I currently work several jobs,Ford dealer tech by day,part time autozoner at night and I have a small side business programming GM fuel injection between those two.Honestly,i've always been interested in auto's etc.. but this will be the second time in my adult life i've decided I don't want it to be a career.I'm considering quitting my day job for Ford and getting my RE license on the side.This is for several reasons.I've always been interested in real estate,I love any kind of new education,frankly i'm tired of my day job and would like to try something different(even if it's drastic).Depending on how all the financials work out with AIG,income shouldn't be a problem should I quit one job to concentrate on RE education.

I would recommend you do the following: First, concentrate on finding an investing style that best fits your objectives and resources.

Yes, you're an impressive young man, I'd credit you for your maturity and your parents, obviously home schooling has been successful.I'm glad to hear too that going to college isn't the question but what concentration you might follow.Saw some other comments.

Do you have a business plan, at least a general business mission that identifies the areas of concentration?