I always note things like pets, smokers, etc...and also whether I get a good feeling about them or they make me cautious.

@Brennen Cook Good to hear that you were able to get your first few houses this year with the support of this community, congratulations!

Just spent my days on my laptops trying to get a deal cooking and I'm proud to say that all the hard moments paid off .Regards -Will

After many podcasts, books and videos (and many more to come I'm sure), I feel this "speaks" to me more than any other crazy idea I may have cooked up in my head.

If bet if you were willing to cough up the $300 and follow the lessons/guidelines you'd find a lot of value especially if you're the type that's good with instructions and cooking with cook books and such.

Wade Cook one of the original real estate gurus once said Something like I never made millions in real estate but made 10s of millions teaching others how to make millions, he's currently in federal prison.  

I work two jobs, and one day would like to meet my and my wife's goals of home ownership and having her stay home with our daughter and our soon-to-be son (he's still cooking in there for 9 more weeks).  

For those who having nothing better to do...The quest for greater understanding birthed from a strong overwhelming desire for passive income led me somehow to Bigger Pockets (I think I Googled "how to make passive income")—which led me to the concept of passive income through Real Estate Investing—which led me to the strategy of Wholesaling to boot strap my way into an REI career to work my goals for creating passive income—which led me (somehow) to Rich Dad Poor Dad—which led me to Googling everything there is to Google about Wholesaling—which led me to hundreds of PDF files, podcasts (especially Flip2Freedom), webinars, Youtube videos and Steve Cook's old website (forget name of)—which led me to Steve's book "Wholesaling for Quick Cash"—which I read like 4 times until pretty much every paragraph was highlighted and underlined LOL—which led me to the desire to get my real estate license—which led me to leave my secure government job (in a down market) to join a mom & pop real estate company without the mom and really no source of lead flow other than past clients and referrals and no agent lead gen training—which led me to being broke and regretting my decision to leave my secure job—which led me to God to pray for help financially, guidance and wisdom—which led me to a small random weird ad in the real estate jobs section of Craigslist—which led me directly to a nationally known REI "Guru" who just so happen to be looking to do virtual wholesaling in the Indy market—which led me to becoming an Acquisitions Manager and successfully executing several wholesale transactions. 

Congratulations Shelby Cook !!

I looked a multi unit buildings in Cook and Dupage counties casually and haven't found any good deals yet.