We worked on several projects for KB Homes, Lennar, Standard Pacific, and smaller players like Brehm Communities.

My local Realtors must win over 80% of all the listings in my neighborhood just because they keep in touch and engage with the residents.

I engage in busy work that doesn’t move me closer to being a seasoned real estate investor.

I've engaged in assignments, lease options, options, sub 2's, wholesaling, and retailing.

Certain players do consistently obtain more properties than others, partly due to marketing, experience level, or salesmanship.

I've also noticed that a lot of the guys and gals have trained in martial arts which is fantastic, but I hate to remind people if your checking out a building in the seedy side of town and your confronted by a squatter I would not try to physically engage that person (unless your life is on the line), most likely that squatter is crazy and on some type of drugs.

She wanted a IPOD, because the MP3 player we bought her didn't hold enough songs.

Consider slimmatic's advice - offer to work for nothing for a successful investor - you have to bring something significant to the table to really engage with a mentor.

I got my degree in History, took a year or so off and worked some pointless jobs, went back to graduate school for a semester and a half to get my teaching certificate, and dropped out to pursue a career as a professional poker player.

There is so much potential in commercial real estate and the players are keeping a tight lid on it.