We’ve sacrificed time with family, vacations, fancy dinners, our backs, you name it, to make this happen and we’re not done yet.The moral of the story is sacrifice, being able to take a risk, and sheer grit and determination - all of this to get to our end goal which is being able to quit our soul sucking corporate jobs so we can use our time as we see fit...which is probably more REI.

No need to dress up, no meetings and you can work from home in your PJ's.Your most important assets is your energy, negotiating skills and knowledge of contracts and the ability to make wise and profitable decisions.

Acquisitions Manager is a fancy title.

@Ellis Hammond I’m not saying you can’t have both I’m just saying if multiple people I know who are easily worth 5-10M each don’t drive fancy cars (one drives a car with 180k miles that’s 10 years old) I think that says something.  

If you're removing a large number of walls you start getting into shear loads calculations and other fancy engineering math, in which case you should call in the pros (and will likely want to pull permits and provide the city with architectural drawings at that point anyway), but one small wall section is pretty easy.

We were ready to start doing normal house deals and the game plan we came up with (with the help of a friend/mentor) is basically the game plan Lifestyles Unlimited teaches you.Free podcast here: http://www.lifestylesunlimited.com/category/radio_...So you won't know how to do all the fancy stuff and breath of stuff you will know how to do if you do invest in something like Legacy Education, but I think this program will get you to have skin in the game in a really do-able fashion.

"Wholesaling" is just a fancy word used in the investor community, it changes nothing between an agent and buyers/sellers.

. :)What I don't understand quite well is, my day job is 100% commission and banks don't fancy that much, after purchasing this "HGTV investor package" my credit took a big hit.

Not all things super shiny are Gold - it's not anything new - just a new fancy approach. 

. :)It's incredibly rare that getting fancy with business entities, and/or changing them around (swapping out Sch C for S corp and giving yourself inflated paychecks, for example), within 2 years of wanting a mortgage, is beneficial.