Read up on how to properly market to find motivated sellers, listen to the podcasts so you can learn how to wholesale properties the "legal" way (there are tons of people skating the thin line of a law suit  by doing things the wrong way and you just don't want to build a reputation of being on of those guys), and network with not only other wholesalers, but also serious buyers in the areas you plan to focus on.

When people ask us, we tell them that allow well-behaved dogs for a $25 pet fee and state that they respect he following house rules:Tenant needs to clean up after it in the yard No animals on the furnitureNo Wet/Muddy Dogs in the houseThen we provide a little doggy basket with a towel + lint roller.

It was a roller coaster!

Wishing for a rock to crawl under and feeling like the steam roller had already run over said rock with me under it Learning on Friday March 16, 2008 why 47 out of 54 new construction Biscayne Bay waterfront condos didn't close on Tuesday March 13 as scheduled (Underwriter was Bear Stearns Oh goodie)Trying to access heloc float money on one vacation rentals (frozen).Trying to find rentors for two small MF properties (squatters)Trying to collect on mortgages for some large sales (Builders and developers all BKs but took some oil interests in lieu - that was OK).Trying to short sell 2.5 mil in property for $300K (that one I accomplished - oh goody :(I just call em "The dark days". 

If not, you're really skating on very thin ice.

Bottom line if 18 - 22 year olds are going to skate by for 4 years living with Mommy anyway they should be investing money instead of spending it.

I’m grateful to have a job, but I loathe building someone else’s wealth while I barely skate by.I guess I’m looking for advice of any kind.

It’s just nobody can exactly predict when the tipping point is reached and the roller coaster starts heading down - unstoppably.

I must confess I let a roofing contractor whose work sucked skate and haven't slagged him online because I had no doubt he was capable of vandalizing the place.My best recent story is an email about my ad, which had a floor plan with the dimensions of the major rooms.