Watch how you spend. you'll treat holiday season after October and your summer activity post April very differently. 

I do not wish to waste my time watching videos,searching the internet for how tos and what I should be doing.

I will watch it and root for ol' Justin. 

Watch out for fine print that requires an additional fee at closing - this is a huge red flag and how most flat fee companies make money.

Either buy what you can afford, or stay out of the game till you can afford it.Anyone involved in trainings, mentorships etc on any topic, anywhere, my advice to you is PRESS IN, get closer to your group, sit at the feet of the 'masters' so to speak...then watch what happens to your knowledge, and your business.

Watch Grant Cardone's youtube videos on, "The Biggest Mistake You'll Ever Make."

I watched his pitch yesterday. 

However, I know that I do not want all my income to be reliant on my day job and live to watch my retirement account grow.I am probably doing better than a lot of people my age but am eager to take the correct steps to build a real estate portfolio.

The fact that they have received so much insight by being able to watch and observe you will open up a whole lot of opportunities for them if they so choose. 

So lots were trading at 500. to maybe 3k in the day.. then they shoot up to 10k and when there is a boom they will shoot up to 30 to 40k only to drop back down to 10k I have watched those prices all these years..