I am also looking for new ideas and inspirations to take my investing in other directions (i.e., commercial, crowdfunding, etc.). 

Wow, inspiring work! 

However, I do not believe that many of these folks pitching their program have the purchaser's best interest at hear.I am sure you are familiar with a book known as "Rich Dad Poor Dad" by Robert Kiosaki, It was such an inspiration to read, I figured I would attend an seminar hosted by them....Long story short, they had the most slick sales guy I have ever met pitching their product, They wanted some where in the ball park of $12 grand to $25 grand for their support and education.ermmm no go.I highly believe that if you are an assistant to someone who is successful and you model their success it will be 10 fold more beneficial for you to learn hands on, rather than from some grease ball who takes folks retirement money for teaching them basics about a business model that (possibly) worked in some other part of the country.There are a lot of folks out there who are hungry for how to make it, and there are equally enough people claiming to have the secret sauce for sale for just that.Be careful with you hard earned dollars, and GOOD LUCK!!!!

I was inspired to start working for myself after reading "Think and grow rich" and "Rich dad Poor dad" and after having 5 jobs throughout high school, I decided I don't want to work for anyone again.

You were the first to inspire my entry into real estate investing and I am forever grateful.

Building a "We Buy Houses" website (you did) and marketing on Craigslist is the way I started.

I left feeling full of energy, inspired, and grabbed a few new pearls of wisdom up to and including a new hold Portland initiated on rehabs that would affect a flip I'm working on now.  

@Jeff Bridges Dave NA Automatic does sound aweful convenient.

Very inspirational story!

@Ricky A. we are doing great, I got two listing from my mail out and I am getting ready to put my June mailout this weekend.