Often, these numbers sound incredibly high relative to the loan amount.

I was a foster child who put myself through college on my own, and I have relied on some good friends for a place to stay as I grew up, which has motivated me to create a better life for myself.I have done a lot of research on real estate, and from my perspective, it seems as if wholesaling, which I feel my sales skills may help with, would be a good place to start to make some extra money to speed up the investing process.

That is one of the most incredible benefits of being in the service. 

SEC) might be good to dig into motive and assure this thing is on the radar.  

If you have a relationship with the seller, if the property is fairly priced, if the seller is motivated, and you identify it as a deal, then you can send an LOI after the first call.

Choose your day and you can still primp a little about your smartness, but overall . . .So, asking as someone just now studying crypto seriously -- and admittedly motivated by that risky fear of missing out -- what are your current thoughts on the topics of bitcoin generally and/or blockchain in RE?  

Quote from @Carlos Ptriawan: totally agree, key point is don't lose money by not having complete understanding of future risk.we're in the great collapse of CRE market and LP is destroyed because the passive investor is the dumb money, time is important but not to lose money is incredibly even more important , the total collapse in many commercial real estate sector is way beyond 2008 as it seems.Carlos, where are you seeing that "we're in the great collapse of the CRE market" ?

Typically they already have a blueprint that they can readily see from their parents examples, but the motivation and drive is not there.

The reality is they have created a new job - yes they may make more and retire early, and I'm sure it's better than their old W2 - but I'd be 100% sure they are incredibly busy most of the time. 

If these were real motivated sellers, he wouldn't sell them for a bit over 1 buck a pop.