Here are some great books that I highly recommend that I've read in the past year in no particular order: 1- The Magic of Thinking Big (the size of your belief = the size of your success) 2- The 4 Hour Week - Tim Ferriss (productivity and leveraging technology and 80/20 rule) 3- Eat that frog - Brian Tracy (productivity, focusing on 80/20 rule) 4- Lean Startup Method (bootstrapping and adaptive learning) 5- How to Win Friends and Influence People (classic on working with people) Enjoy.

I agree with Tim 100%, it sounds as if you have no control.

Hi Tim, and welcome to BP!

hopefully some of the BP heavyweights that do a lot of deals directly with sellers will chime in on this one @Aaron Mazzrillo @Tim G.

@Tim Miller I'm on the fence about 401k funds at this point.

@Tim C. , congrats on starting out in your real estate investment.

@Tim Hoffman, if you don't mind I'll jot your info down myself and give you a call sometime.

J Martin Hey J, the first time I read or heard about Lifestyle Design was in Tim Ferris' book that everyone always mentions on the BP podcasts called the 4-Hour Workweek.

I think you will have a hard Tim finding something based on your criteria.  

Hi Tim,I haven't used it but I remember listening to his podcast some time ago and I remember a whole episode, or maybe two, where he goes through the whole process he uses to buy HUD homes.