The property, previously on MLS without success, heightened the seller's motivation.

If I get a new home at 6-7%, to get to the same size of a home, same age, same size yard, everything, that is a $1.3-$1.4M home, which is incredibly expensive. 

Any advice, connections, or suggestions would be incredibly helpful.Thanks in advance for your help!

I'm currently looking for my first deal so It's hard to imagine what to put in credibility packet when all the skills I have are not real estate related.I guess what I'm asking is how do you make people like lenders and other investors believe in you as much as you do?

My goal is to have vacation rentals in all sorts of markets and it is such a motivating goal to have.

My main motivation for the membership was probably for the tools, but I think that will come as I get closer to being ready to really start researching my first deal. 

I will say that the wholesale market here is incredibly competitive.

As a mother, wife, IT professional, and future investor, you've got a lot on your plate, but your passion for real estate will serve you well.Taking ActionListening to the BiggerPockets podcast is a fantastic way to boost your knowledge and motivation.

Could be in Austria where I was born and health care is incredibly cheap (and good) even if you pay cash.

I've progressed from owning fixer upper duplexes in the north end of Winnipeg where I would do the renos myself late into the night; to purchasing large apartment buildings to acquiring properties in 13 different cities across Canada and the United States. to now buying office buildings and institutional-grade grocery-anchored retail centers leased to national tenants and publicly traded companies like Walmart, Safeway, and Loblaws.Before 27, I achieved lean FIRE, all thanks to the inspiration and fundamental concepts from the BP podcast and the incredible people I've met along the way in this entrepreneurial journey by betting on myself, committing to lifelong learning, and nurturing an insatiable curiosity.If someone like me, who barely made it through high school and would be considered "unlikely to succeed" by my peers, can do it, so can anyone reading this.