Continue to keep us engaged with your progress as it motivates us to do likewise.Awesome!

Read, learn and engage....good luck.

You just need to make sure that the consultancy is worthy of your trust and that they are not engaged in ultracrepidarianism and stay to their area of expertise, or that they are not more interested in you than your money.

Basically I'm at the point where I have to engage in action instead of constantly preparing for battle if that makes sense. 

This guide will give you a great grasp on the basics and prepare you to begin interacting with the community on BiggerPockets.Create an account and engage with the community - Something like 95% of those folks that set out to invest in Real Estate quit, fail, or are unable to maintain focus on their goals.

This is partially how the game real estate caught my attention.

Try this example: You go to Zales and buy a simple engagement ring for $2000, take it home.

Of course you should continue to engage on the BP forums and there is a wealth of information on this site.Hope this helps!

And loss of revenue is one thing while you wait it out but the expense of having to engage an attorney .. instead of a power of sale DT were there are companies that do these for a very reasonable set fee. 

Or are you more interested in (and willing to) engage in more of a slower, relationship-oriented approach to negotiating?