I absolutely don't subscribe to the find the deal and the money will follow i think that is absolutely backwards. sure waste a lot of time and energy if you don't have the financing not only your own and get disappointed but the sellers and agents etc.. any agent worth  a darn will want to see your pre qualed. 

Tanner promotes creating personal retirement accounts through investments in assets that generate passive income, providing more control over one's financial future.

We estimate that we need roughly 9 more properties that generate $300 / month in cash flow to meet this goal.Currently, we are a single-income household.

However, health concerns forced me to step away from the hustle about 6 years ago.Fast forward to today, I'm officially retired and living in sunny California with a renewed sense of energy (and much better health!).

And don’t worry—I’m definitely not a Russian bot or a scammer living off energy drinks and Doritos in a basement in Estonia.

  (2) This  investor owns SFH's in a market that possesses the fundamentals but sells prematurely and fails to take advantage of the primary appreciation event. (3) This investor fails to recognize the equity generated through the primary appreciation event is better served being reinvested in more efficient asset classes that will generate a greater return profile after the primary appreciation event occurs. 

Used to generate 150k yr income Lessons learned?

They take more time, energy, stress and definitely more capital. 

Making 8% cash on cash in other states may be cool for some, and everyone loves to hate on California real estate investing, but I'd bet a lot of money you've come across clients who have made generation wealth right here.

An example problem statement that I may have stated (and built the software for) in 2003, when I started investing full time: Build a tool for lead generation that collects county records from the county recorder's office (and property card data), finds the recent first mortgage defaults  from trustees websites or public filings for properties that are between 1000 and 1700 square feet, in a neighborhood of 90% like-kind properties with greater than 20 parcels, houses built after 1978, that can cash flow at current rates when fully leveraged.