One way to do this, I *think*, if the invstor is interested in having an ongoing stream of income is to have his SDIRA buy anohter property INSIDE of the SDIRA, which can THEN be sold on contract.Say his SDIRA has 100K, he buys a property with the cash in the account in the NAME OF THE ACCOUNT.

But damn - how stupid can folks get in the face of the constant preaching of reason and logic...?!

I would, personally, think long and hard about going in full time as an agent right away if you don't have another income stream.

So multiple streams of income. 

@Kenny Dahill Grant Cardone is constantly talking or promoting real estate.

For one, my friend/potential partner is nearly impossible to get on the phone, and I have to constantly bug him about the big investor and setting up a time for us all together. 

Then I broke down my income streams to understand where all the flows were coming from.

@Cameron Oades Hi Cameron - there are a few markets in Quebec and Ontario (not the GTA) that I've been working in that still have great cash flow and moderate but steady increases in property value.I go for communities that show a 4-6% increase in value, a less than 10% overall vacancy rate (I aim for 5) and constant increases in population.I am currently working on 5 deals that are quite promising.

Hold & Buy investors who want to partner up with me to purchase properties in LA, Santa Fe, Lake Arrowhead, Joshua Tree and other lucrative locations where rents are constantly going up and the cash flow is decent.2.

To educate myself about what I should be looking for I've been listening to the bigger pockets podcasts, specifically ones explaining how to get started in real estate, how to find and finance deals.I hear two things constantly that i'm not entirely sure how to approach,ONE - Get good at analyzing deals - I don't know how to do this and i'm not really sure how to learn it.TWO - Establish criteria for what you are looking for - I don't know what criteria I should use to narrow my search. how do you decide what to look for?