Hello everyone, my name is Damon Glenn i am new to the industry, i live in Colfax California, i have 5 kids and my loving partner who makes all of this possible, i hold a full time job roughly 80hr weeks and bring in roughly $140,000 net annually and am currently studying for the California real estate exam, not interested in being an actual agent just investing in myself for future deals, my game plan is buy and hold multi family and single family for either long term or short term rentals. id like eventually have some 100-130 units, i am an ambitious and obviously money driven individual that cant last in my current industry i am nearly 40 and my current job eats all of my family time and beats the crap out of my body, so here's my question for all of the masters of information here, what is the best advice one would give for succeeding in this industry when starting out holding a w2 job, 

I know some of the young wholesalers grind sellers on price for the sport of it and making a bigger fee, but we don't do that...we know they are using this money to put grandma in assisted living, etc, so we are human about it. 

Amazing people, sweet couple, A+ for being good humans.  

I do appreciate the art form and fluidity of a lack of guidelines...and all things being equal would prefer a human touch vs. a checklist, even if it does make it more nuanced to explain to clients! 

Not in the body of the message.

There is a reason most of us never lend to a human but instead to a company (e.g.

I should get it tattooed on my body.

Your physical body is technically at its peak at 25 years old, but I would assume that’s not the case for business or financial success.Time is the ultimate freedom, but it doesn’t seem like you value it that much with your continued rigorous work schedule.

In that case, here's what I do: I just use a standard purchase agreement from your local area, as the body of the agreement--this is where you can capture the key elements that are present in any deal. 

Aloha,Check your local Humane Society...they may well have a list of "Pet Friendly" properties for rent.