However after spending up about ten minutes of a local RE attorney's precious time trying to explain the concept of wholesaling to him, he just straight out said to me that he was very familiar with websites like BP and that with his "30+ years of experience and hundreds of closings under his belt", he could tell me that "you guys (along with the (3) REI courses that I have taken) are only giving newbies like myself half of the story."

You need to run through your numbers to see what kind of cash flow you are getting for the effort and precious time put into. 

Life is so precious.

A few best practices are mentioning to everyone you meet that you help average people achieve above average returns with precious Syracuse real estate as collateral.

The precious items that made his home speial to come home to every day, now this vulture wanted it.

That and a healthy commodities/precious metals portfolio (yes i've taken quite a beating over the last 6 months).Also on the recent Cyprus situation.

Hi @Precious Thompson2 relatively simple starting points:-- Find local REIA meetings and start networking with people there-- Use the BP local search (under Network-->Find Members) to find people near to you, reach out to them, but them a meal so you can pick their brain, and try to find some way you can help them out while learning more from them.

For example, I invest no more than 10% of my wealth in precious metals.

Self-directed individual retirement accounts are good ways to save for retirement with assets such as real estate or precious metals.

If you are buying precious metals as a hedge then trading doesn't make a lot of sense.