They dedicate there energies to finding those few like myself and rest happy that all they need to do is empower our actions and directions and with that have a fire-hose of opportunity on-demand.

The argument your using here is the exact same argument that has empowered Dictators and Tyrants for generations.

My scenario is different.I am the commercial real estate broker and owner of my company.So I have my listings and buyer clients I work with which brings in a certain amount and then I have my own properties I purchase as an investor myself.As a broker once you have your own investments bringing in income you can pick and choose who you want as clients on the real estate brokerage side.It's empowering at a listing when the seller knows you are not DESPERATE for a listing and you are in demand.They want to choose you because you get results and not because you agree with everything they say.What anyone needs to start is relative to income coming in and family and life demands.For instance if someone has racked up 80,000 in credit card debt on stupid stuff they have nobody to blame but themselves.In my state of Georgia 30,000 a year isn't that bad as cost of living is really low.In some other states 30,000 would just last a few months.So that is how I run my business as I explained above.I try to train agents to help them out but I find they don't have the "fire in their belly" to change their lives.With investing you have to have a "whatever it takes" mentality.

They generally want to deal directly with a real person who is empowered to make decisions.

I have an empower retirement account through my employer in which the employer matches my investment to a certain percentage.

That is really great advice, and doing some work yourself can empower you as a landlord, too.

I felt empowered after that read LOL! 

But there is something empowering about following through with your first deal. 

The Connecticut Supreme Court shot down the power of municipalities to enact rent controls but allowed for municipalities to establish fair rent commissions to ”control and eliminate excessive rental charges” (CGS §§ 7-148b to -148g) and empowers these commissions to enforce provisions of a landlord-tenant statute generally prohibiting landlords from increasing rent as a retaliatory action against tenants (CGS §§ 47a-20 and 47a-20a).

The Rural Renewal Stream empowers rural communities to recruit and retain foreign nationals to live, work and settle in their communities."