(For vegetarian investors, substitute tofu.) 

:Unless it's  an apartment complex landlord, a few SFHs income won't be enough to substitute the full time W2 - which is the case for most of us is.  

These are all questions that, despite not being asked often or talked about, can drastically change your perspective, and help you understand why there really is no substitute for time.Think about the six minute abs example, as working out usually pertains to everyone reading this.

After a while they came back to me and said I could get the training for a discounted price of $6,000 instead of 12,500, the only thing is I wouldn't have the live and Cash flow field trainings to attend instead that would be substituted by on demand online training that I could access anytime.

I guess there really is no substitute for knowing your market first hand and being familiar with the area.

As small business would never have written enough checks to have the numbers so far apart.There is no substitute for putting eyeballs no the data.

Investor Lift and other website can help with this (for a price :)) but nothing is a substitute for your own buyers list that like, know, and trust you.We're nearby in South Seattle - hit me up anytime @Paul Roderick & good luck man!

There is no substitute for being physically present with experienced investors.I'm always happy to help point you in the right direction for resources or tools on BiggerPockets that can help you with your REI goals!

I USE THE "ONE PAGE BUSINESS PLAN', (GOOGLE IT) NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR YOUR OVERALL BUSINESS PLAN.

I get it were new sponsor have to start somewhere .. but there is no substituting experience in these deals.. both as mentioned above with capacity and character.