As I said above your post, most of our customers have full time jobs and simply can't evaluate even the hundreds of deals that come on the MLS every day.  

Thank god the mantra we repeat to ourselves every day is "you make your money when you buy".

Breon Jackson "Do something everyday that makes you feel uncomfortable"In 7th grade I had a lawn mowing business with my best friend.

Think of those hours every day you could be networking, exploring properties, going to real estate investor club meetings, dating, exercising...Find a CHEAP rental though - get a roommate even. 

Commercial real estate is all I do as a principal broker and look forward to getting up everyday and see what happens.Some residential brokers and agents just see big checks in commercial but do not understand the time and effort that go into deals of that size.Instead of clients putting down 4k to say 100k in residential they are putting down sometimes millions to tens of millions of dollars as an investment.Make sure you enjoy numbers and analysis.

Keep in mind people are buying homes every day, folks are renting homes every day.

Get outside every day.

Scott's books on flipping and Estimating Rehab Costs and have been spending a few hours every day reading BiggerPockets posts.  

@Justin Koopmans I do this stuff every day!

I don't have a ton of cash for a down payment so turnkey properties are looking better everyday.