I see your wife not being on-board with your plans as a definite problem and you're right to try to talk with her about it.

Have had one Wrap Around all-inclusive trust deed from a Builder on a new condo. he needed to sell all units in Phase one by end of the week to get his investors on board got Phase two of development.

Etc  See if you can get everyone on board with the rules and that will become your operating agreement-do that and when you have it all agreed to and signed by everyone get your professionals involved  I am the oldest of 12 children and it is tough to get everyone on the same page.

My significant other is totally on-board to invest, but how do I begin?

I don't put any stock at all in HGTV or this crazy flipping trend happening in pop culture.My goals:- Q1 2014: Have my first deal done - End of 2014: Generate enough deal flow that it makes sense to leave my day job and get out from behind a desk (with the support of my wife, who is totally on board with all this, but likes working at a big company with a stable job!)

@ Jon Holdman, full disclosure, I bought in for a team of four, hoping my oldest daughter would come on board.

Rather than onje person trying this, I think it would be better as a whole if together BP Nation did it utilizing this very forum as "our group" and SHARING this website and threads with others through all available media outlets.So, if everyone is on board, we can accomplish great things.

@Jay Hinrichs  I hear ya on the getting onboard with everything.

.)- work on your people and organizational skills- get your personal finances in shape- set a realistic time frame for investing (it might take several years to be ready)- work on getting your SO on board- build a network of colleagues that you can call on later- don't buy stupid motivational business books to learn, buy books that focus on specific skills and that have case studiesOR- have access to specialized knowledge. a large amount of capital, and a professional network, already- have access to people with those things Many people go through seismic changes in their lives during their twenties that are not accounted for in these posts.

My loving wife affectionately refers to my research, reading, podcasts, etc. as my real estate obsession (she's totally onboard).