I lack the motivation to show other people homes.My lack of motivaiton may come from the fact that my mindset is on investing and not on finding dream homes.

They fell significantly, and then remained flat until the end of WWII.

Personally, do you buy at market value or do you ALWAYS buy a property that is distressed or where the owner is motivated, like facing foreclosure, etc….

Books are great to get you motivated enough to take action, but respect that this is a profession that people spend years perfecting.The best way to learn on a deal is to go in as a minor partner (put in your $20k or offer to do the property management) and then learn everything you can.

I have set up a professional website for screening motivated sellers.

A few laggards are still thinking they can make a fortune without any work, but for the most part, those who remain in real estate are serious investors.

So, if we assume 7% interest rate (that's annual) and 30 years, the forumla is:PV (7%/12;30*12;-380)Other useful related functions include the NPER (number of periods) function the FV (future value) function, and the RATE function.You can use NPER if you know the rate, payment, and current loan balance to calculate the number of payments remaining (say, for a subject to deal.)You can use FV to calculate the loan balance in the future, once you've calculated the payment.

My question to you all is this - how do you motivate yourself to be more forward thinking?

Any "guru" material is mostly good for motivation and for getting the basics of a specific technique.

However, you do have to have a marketing plan to obtain the motivated (key word) sellers.