The original purposes was to put together a list to go on my RE devoted bookshelf.

I'm more concerned with devoting chunks of time to author something worth reading.

We are in process of starting a fourth, devoted solely to Real Estate Investing, Developing, Flipping, and Wholesaling.You can read my profile or message me, add me to your network, come out and visit West Virginia, and see why we are staying in this Rural Place, when both of us are City-Slickers ( NY, NJ, RI, DC, Fl).

Say 15,000$, maintain that minimum....Then after that 6 months i'll still devote a small monthly amount to that fund.

I have been seriously considering devoting myself to becoming a wholesaler in 2015 - struggling to decide what direction to go in - and your post made me really consider the skills I already bring to the table and the skills I need to sharpen if I choose this path!  

Because you don't have enough cash to do so (according to you)...But, if you flip houses for a few years and then devote that income to buying rental property, you'll get to that goal of $600K in passive income much faster...  :-)

I make my goals as specific as possible, both personal and business, and devote time to prioritize and reevaluate them about twice a year as life does change, rapidly, it seems, these days.

Myself I have not spent the 25K because I couldn't devote the time that they wanted to join, I joined bigger pockets instead and can learn at my leasure.

You'll have to keep in mind how much time you'll have to devote to REI as well.

You'll find that many volunteers in the community are people who have time to devote to their cause.