They are a wealth of information and keep you motivated while learning!

Hi, I am trying to build a list of motivated buyers to contact to whenever I have a property that could interest them. 

Start w/ the desired end result, and work backwards through the data to see how much you need to spend and when/where to achieve your goals.    

Those owners are not extremely motivated to sell, but they want to know my offer.

Originally posted by @John Blythe:sounds awesome. the second half of your post is nailing where i'm at right now: figuring out when to jump in based off of knowing that something decent is in front of me rather than waiting for great numbers in particular. my goal is to have something during first half of next year and not blow it, basically. if i break even, or anywhere near it pretty much, then i'll be happy cause of getting over the knowledge/fear/hesitancy humps.I definitely learned a ton through reading BP and real estate investing books for a few months leading up to my purchase, but all of it was just a mess of ideas and motivational quotes and "someone else's advice" until I finally went under contract on my first home.

I have goals and a vision im going to achieve.

How do you find them if you don't want to buy retail to achieve these numbers?  

Hello everyone!My name is Sam, 28, from Spain. I am professional online poker player but I have had REI in consideration a few years already. Since I have been playing for a while and the industry is getting smaller d...

While the foundation of any true money-maker is getting a motivated seller to sell you property at a discount, knowing your exit strategy can help determine how much of a discount you need.

If you are referring to an investor buying from a TK company, for $50k it would be hard to achieve $300 in even gross cash flow assuming conventional financing.