Start building your network to source opportunities and capital immediately.Connect with deal sources - brokers, owners, and influential third-parties - and build fruitful relationshipsCreate a system to efficiently evaluate every deal you come acrossFind a mentors on BP or in your area that can give you advice along the wayBuild routines and habits help you stay consistent with your prospectingGet a good opportunity under contract - the money will come, even if you need to flip the contractGood luck!

So... for tactical advice, I would add that you should focus on building relationships.Connect with deal sources - brokers, owners, and influential third-parties - and build fruitful relationshipsCreate a system to efficiently evaluate every deal you come acrossFind a mentors on BP or in your area that can give you advice along the wayBuild routines and habits help you stay consistent with your prospectingDon't worry too much about your investing strategy, right now.

You got to start from the seed, to get to the root, to get to the fruit.

Repetition breads mastery, so I'd think if you go out and push hard, embody a "learner's mentality" at every step of the way, and juice every opportunity for learnings you'll steadily climb to the top of the "too legit to quit" list for all the buyers out there!

Definitely organize these tasks and milestones on a scrum board like Trello were you can bring some people on board to assign some of the low hanging fruit and focus on the big picture.

Some of these guys have huge networks out there that you can tap into to create fruitful business partnerships down the line.

My next phase will be getting a list from listSource, I want to market to at least 3,000 homes a month.I am looking for recommendations as far as listing services go (ListSource ect), what are the costs involved for a listing service, for fix and flip what should my criterion be (I'm in So Cal), I'll have to go beyond low hanging fruit.

Good to see folks doing this all across the fruited plains.

But I started making that extra effort getting to sources, and I'm starting to see the fruits of that hard work.

The best resource I can think of for commercial multifamily investments is:  The ABCs of Real Estate Investing by Ken McElroy.As far as other commercial investments go, I think large metros will have fruitful REIA meeting with people who are highly successful in non-residential commercial investing.Good luck, Kartik!