That said, everyone has different goals, so it's important to tailor any real estate investment strategy accordingly.

Obviously, the quality of flooring needs to be tailored to the quality of the house, but the point still remains.

Very competitive terms tailored to your timeframe and amount needed. 

I did a good amount of research on the subject myself and finally ended up creating a hybrid of a couple sheets tailored to my needs. 

It seems like I need to do some research on finding the right Realtor, Lender, and Contractor.Would you recommend obtaining a Loan approval first, or finding a property to suit my needs and tailoring the loan around that?

Michael M. you can't throw the exact same requirements across all of commercial for lending purposes.Their will be different lending programs and different LTV's with rate, term, loan pre-pay penalty , personal guarantee or not, etc. for each niche.You can't for instance take a loan program tailored to single tenant triple net leasing and now say I want that program applied to a hotel or strip center etc.

I enjoyed the fact your your purpose in writing the book was to identify the step by step plans, which many books don't outline.While house hacking may not be in my future (tough with 3 young kids), I want to focus more on the frugality aspects that you mentioned.I still may pick up the book, and tailor the techniques to my current situation.Thank you again for the feedback.Jose Flores what was the method that you used to get started?

They will be able to give you the correct advice tailored to your specific situation (your state & local laws, income bracket, terms of your leases, etc will affect you in unique ways).  

The first one is tailored to vacations (areas of lakes, national parks,...), and the second one is more for professionals and City visitors.

The specialization is in accurately calculating DTI to use all possible income and minimize debts, and in tailoring the loan to reach a tolerable DTI.