I seriously feel like I leave these retreats with solutions, feeling un-stuck, feeling inspired, feeling validated, motivated, reassured, confident...

Also these days I found "attractive investment" is almost always be found by very experienced sponsor that able to gain incredible financing or seller financing or continue assume the low interest rate from previous owner and so on.

You are already motivated, pumped up and you definitely don't need any motivational advice.'

We've gotten creative with using the "Portfolio" filter with other motivation indicators to pick out some solid lists in our target markets. 

Timing is incredibly variable.

@Baahir Starkey the easy days of low rates allowing a beginning investor to pick a property on the MLS and have it cashflow are over for now.Now, investors have to do lot of research and pursue motivated sellers, willing to take less than their property is worth. 

As many of these othre great moderators have pointed out, house hacking is an incredible tool to leverage when starting out in real estate.House hacking a condo, with a buddy is always a solid option.

Hey BPI had a motivated Seller contact me recently in response to an ad I posted on Craigslist and she is very motivated but she owes 50k on the property and the median sales price for homes recently sold in that area is only around 66k.

Purchase Price: $57,000 direct from motivated seller. 

Hi @Alex Yost,In my experience it really comes down to the market you are in and your motivation.