If you attack that with the fervor you did with the Commandant's reading list...you'll be off to a great start.

While reading and studying at every opportunity between job and family life, I started formulating a plan of attack and running deals through the BP calculators.

You have always received your rent, and it is not fair to have the direct attack on us or on Shannon and whether he as employment or not.

@Alan GrobmeierI am not trying to attack your comments in any way, but just trying to get perspective.

Maybe you mis-spoke or meant something different, but attacking me claiming you never said it, is kind of crappy.

Perry, this is exactly what BiggerPockets is perfect for, I'm not just saying to study the topics within the forums as a brush off, the steps to start really are listed multiple times in multiple threads, there are even threads and blogs of people documenting each step they took in their first and subsequent deals.Read these, Take notes, apply what you learn, be comfortable with the steps, and attack it!

You are attacking your investments with the right attitude - not allowing emotion to get too involved.

If they go to the level of ad hominem attack, I'll call them out on it and claim victory in the debate.

That is what I have to attack and defeat.

Efficiency was lost by not having a crystal clear plan of attack, as we had to backtrack on several occasions, losing precious time.