The reason a lot of investor never get started is they are in a market that demands cash, or an extreme amount of patience and luck to get into a deal with little or no cash.. whereas if your say in MI or OH or any of the big cities in the mid west if you wish you can get started with 5k or 10k and own and asset and gain experience .. you may not get rich or you may lose your money )( fairly certain many do) but you will get a transaction under your belt and can start to move up the food chain.If you living in one of the very high priced markets your 1. competing against some pretty big money and smart tough players.. 2. there is a shortage of properties not a plethora of vacant boarded up homes like all of the mid west upper east coast and some of the deep south...3. your making 200k working for google and who the heck needs 100 a month cash flow and all the hassles that creates.. better to concentrate on moving up the google latter and investing in tech companies that you know and understand.. what you don't know and understand when your on the west coast is how the heck people live in other parts of the country and how there can be so many low end valuless homes...

Real Estate Investing is very new to me and my goal is to learn as much as I can so my wife and I can become successful players for our new community.  

I would think mixed use will still be a player in strong habitational markets. 

There are a couple of players just getting started in the build for rent model, so some of the homework has already been done.

Most "gurus" are not players so I am physically incapable of paying a Guru. 

I hope 80-90k will cover it but if after showing this to the best players I know, I get different feedback, I left myself room to adjust.

My market is tight and I know a lot of the players involved.

If I had to join an organization (which is an excellent resource to physically meet like minded people) I'd only join the RICH club...but thats only for mingling and getting to know the local players here in Houston.

For a year if not longer before I met Ryan I could not compete with the "bigger players" in the several markets I attempted to, and being the newbie not one person wanted to take the time to try and help.

But you know who the major player is to take over the private sector secondary market?