No worries, very welcome.I started wholesaling.. but honestly I didn't like it so I turned to flipping ASAP.Now we Hold properties... however we get way too many leads we simply ignore and that is obviously not very smart... so I am buidling up a serious wholesaling empire... we will go nationiwide really soon.But yes...Here is a stp by step on what to do.And know this.. although this doesn't make sense to you now, just trust me on this...1 Get a good website domain name.2.

These folks are imagineers that have a real estate empire in their own heads.Many folks that fill out the "Find a Lender" form just want to talk to someone for educational purposes and are not interested in actually purchasing a property.

To me, I would do it when the appreciation was so great that the tax penalty didn't matter, I was close enough to the end that I couldn't possibly outlive the principal plus anything generated, many of the tax benefits had expired (depreciation, for example), and that my heirs had no interest or intention of running the 'empire' when I was gone.  

My recommendations are "Rich Dad Poor Dad" by Robert Kiyosaki, "The Book on Rental Property Investing" by Brandon Turner, "Build a Rental Property Empire" by Mark Ferguson and "How to Win Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie. 

@Edgar EhrsamNapsolutely no it’s not worth it, unless you feel like hanging out with extraordinary amounts of people that want to waist a lot of their most important years!

Forbes wrote an article in 2014 titled “The Biggest Reason For Income Inequality is Single Parenthood” siting empirical research.

If history has taught me anything, it is that an individual person from even the most humble and unfortunate circumstances can forge their own path and accomplish incredible things that defy the odds - whether that is wealth generation, empire building or just making people enjoy their lives more.

Seems like you made up your mind already, just need a confirmation from someone who got sick of his marriage, filed divorce, then went on building an real estate empire, happily ever after.I am sure there are people like that, except the happily ever after part. 

However, even if my real estate "empire" grows fantastically, I will be super cautious about giving up a steady paycheck, some minimal sick leave, and that crucial medical insurance before I reach Medicare and pension age. 

That's as complicated as it has to be for me, as I'm not trying to be some kind of mogul and build an empire and I have clients who need deals and want to grow their businesses.