, and RELIABLY make that first paycheck.No matter how you spin it I simply CAN NOT and WILL NOT ever justify calling up random people to ask if they want to sell their house to some unknown stranger (so desperate they are aggressively, and desperately trying to force me) with zero credibility to sell my house to them at a severe discount. 

Los Angeles has plenty of investors who will outbid you on a deal, with all cash, so fast your head will be spinning.

@Terry Lao I think we'll have to agree to disagree but these lists that are based on meaningless factors just lead people down the wrong paths and cause them to spin their wheels instead of focusing on the factors and criteria that are important to their investment.

Focus on that for 6 months and see where it takes you, by trying multiple strategies your brain will just spin, treat all this knowledge like a buffet- take what you need, and come back for the rest later.Last note- only way I was able to do this was by forming partnerships with people I know, and then going out to professional businesses like banks, title companies, insurance, GC's etc and just talking to them about my vision.Focus and obsess on one strategy and see where that takes you.

You might be spinning wheels on a deal that literally isn't there until you know this. 

My head is already spinning with the details that need to get lined up so I'm wondering if there is anyone local who would be willing to help me get the process straightened out.

Any help would be appreciated as we have been spinning our wheels for while and just can't seem to pull the trigger!

My brain is spinning more than it was now but in a good way so thank you so much for the advice.

I found charts 7 and 9 shocking simply because they made points that I hadn’t considered before - the massive amounts of people 12, even 24 months delinquent on their mortgages, but still in their homes, happily spending away the money that they should be paying on their loans, and artificially stimulating the economy in the process so that our current administration can spin this into good news - consumer spending is up!

However you want to spin it Tim...political hyperbole is on its way out!