That piece of advice I got from an old mentor in my old 9-5.

Best way to get started is to find a mentor or someone who you can work for free that will trade knowledge, pretty sure you can find someone on here to work with if not find some signs around town that say we buy houses or something like that and call them up and ask if they need any help.

At the time, I joined one and started forming new relationships, and using referrals, I started to rebuild my team of professionals (real estate agents, attorneys, accountants, contractors, local successful mentors, hard money lenders, etc).9.

The annual income may have been reduced, but I was still in a huge positive cash flow position with a huge return.One of my mentors once told me that if I have $1,000 to invest, invest only $500.

I haven't always done that, but I strive for it.I chose RE because I had a little experience, I saw the potential, and I could find mentors to help me.Hope that helps!

Stuff I initially learned here from guys like JScott, Will Barnard, local mentors, articles, books, and many more here.At the end of the presentation, I told them what I was looking to raise.They looked at each other, smiled, and said "I don't have a problem with that".This morning, I got a phone call from the man I met in the gym 4-5 years ago, of all places, telling me that they're on board and that I can contact my attorney to set up my LLC and draft the paperwork.Needless to say this has been a life changing event.I'm writing this to show everyone, particularly (us) noobies that occurrences like these are possible.

I have found mentors by proxy and a true mastermind partner that I talk with offline quite a bit.

I have a great deal of sales and marketing experience and know I will be successful if coupled with the right mentor.

I'm lucky to have a mentor and the info I give out is legit. 

Two weeks after graduating I was in escrow on a 5,000 square foot piece of dirt a block from the beach with the intent of building three homes on it fashioned after the typology one my teachers and mentor, Brett Farrow had pioneered here in San Diego.