But if I listed in priority I see the path to success as (1) establish an identity (2) build trust (3) create leaders (4) make money.

It gives religious people and institutions expansive protections from laws and regulations they disagree with on "sincerely held" religious grounds.

Aside from reading, I've been listening to the BP podcast religiously during my commute to and from work, and bouncing ideas off my partner (she's is on-board, thankfully!)

I took about 75K out of my house to get my jump start.I too, was a Dave Ramsey follower, religiously trying to get my mortgage paid down. 

As a leader in our industry, I'm surprised Zillow would put an expiration date on access to applications.DO NOT spend the money to get an attorney involved.

Sign up for Leader Bank, they will escrow those deposits for free and distribute the interest automatically using their ZDeposit platform.

Your team leader will mentor you and you can use your team as leverage to learn and earn.

Networking, creating a social media presence, and becoming a thought leader is also quite a bit of work, but all well worth it in the long run. 

Claire Guillen of Leaders Realty was great!

If you can combine professionalization with a less expensive market (or with a less expensive property), you might be able to capture a higher yield than playing follow the leader and buying in all of the "hot" markets investors are swooning over