Thanks for all the great feed back everyone.

Attend your local real estate investing associations, get a mentor, feed yourself uplifting and inspiring content (i.e. read some of the books here, read management/entrepreneurial ones.  

@Daniel Lynch Yikes this feed!

there ya go... instead of spending 5k on 5 thousand direct mail pieces that end up in the garbage 99% of the time you get an actual asset.so if you were taking on partners they could be feeding you 5 to 10k a month and getting some absolute results.. not hoping for results or having to learn what takes most years to learn to do well and that is sell and close deals.. 

At $17 per hour with 5 people to feed and house and clothe there is no way in the world you can save your way to anything.

We have some approved to build in the not so nice neighborhoods in North Nashville..and now its a feeding frenzy to buy up the old houses and lots nearby. 

I do this to feed my family.  

If not, your note about them smoking (anything) on the property is about as relevant as the brand of cereal that they feed their children in the morning.

@Mike Lowery these businesses would be ancillary and feed each other.You could become locally known as one of the best contractors for investors to use to fix their rentals and flips.You would then be exposed to a lot of potential deals and:1) Buy if your client chooses not to (you would have lower costs to rehab then they would)2) Buy if your client chooses to sell in the future (before they contact an agent)

If you affiliate with a good Realtor, you can get set up on listing feeds for free or cheap.