Lot of my friends did it and it killed their Saturdays for a while but they're fat now on that cashflow!

I can't quite live as fat on that but it would still buy me several hundred acres, a very nice, house several expensive cars, and enough long term rentals and franchises so that I would never have to worry about running out of money while I travel the world. 

I have a protein shake for breakfast, chicken salad (with low fat mayo and mustard) for lunch, and whatever my wife cooks for dinner.

Solution:oStop dipping your toe in the water and go ALL IN on one marketing channel (in case you are wondering, Direct Mail is my bread and butter when it comes to finding motivated sellers).oMake one channel Fat, Healthy and Producing Leads first.

.. that’s what I thought ,now shut your fat yap . not sure whats up with your attitude towards me.... 

Go flip 10 of these great equity properties, make half a mill, and go throw that at 2m+ worth of high yielding rental property that doesn't come with a fat project associated. 

It's like the concept of "fat FIRE" which I'm trying to follow as well.

Even if you are holding the cash on the sidelines while you look for a deal, you still are better having access to the cash instead of having a fat balance sheet.

I'd love to see an extremely lean government without all the "fat".

Your problem is that you live in CA so you're going to get a big fat bill from the FTB each year, so it depends on your income and risk tolerance as to what makes sense for you.