They have the vision and the right attitudes.  

4 hour work week by Ferriss has lots of good stuff, but dangerous stuff alsoI am old school, and there are many many lessons the young people need to learn to be financially free, not only financially, emotionally and mentally alsoMost I presume are not schooled in Wall Street with derivatives and upper echelons of financeMost are not sophisticated enough to start corporations, investment firms, syndications etcIf you are average blue collar dude, with vision , passion, willing to work, you can make it and be financially free, beating the frigin systemBe careful what you read and listen to, and it's ******** to think you will work only 4 hours a week and be successfulMaybe eventually, but like rich dad says, when your assets begin paying for your desiresDanny Peavey

I've been on bigger pockets for about a year now and I have a pretty clear vision of the path I will take to begin my real estate investing career.

If you do that plus pay attention to the people who have a lot of votes ( I just started to contribute  that's why I have two votes) you'll do just fine.You don't have to be a genius to figure out how to investment in real estate, you just need a lot of dedication and strong intuition .Last piece of advice ask yourself what's your vision in business and if you don't have one than get one.Make your vision happen in 3 years instead of 5 so you start working at asap.

A tradition of light-hearted minor vandalism, such as soaping windows, had emerged in the 1930s, but by the 1980s it had become, said Mayor Young, "a vision from hell."

I had visions of Boston Legal on my mind when I received my real estate license thinking I'm going to work for some big real estate outfit and they will supply me with the clients they want represented.

He talks about how his team is flipping 30-50 houses a month and even removing yourself from doing it all yourself.Reading this helped me gain the vision of how I will break into the industry.Manny

A feasibility study will cost you a few thousand but could save you millions.Even the best of us can get too emotionally involved (especially in a development project; building your vision) to heed all the pre construction red flags.

They can pick and choose how hard they want to work etc.It's all about creating the life you want for yourself and to do that takes vision and focus with a plan.I do work some smaller deals around 1 million that are local buyers but can meet pretty easily.

MLS is the best place as @Joe Villeneuve mentioned and in the area I am in Vision Appraisal does a lot of the town property info stuff and their listings give some good info as well.