-He has won the lifetime achievement award...twice.

This of course depends on how quickly you wish to achieve your goal, but I worked 12 hours a day, and still had to workout and have leisure time, so 30 minutes was perfect for me.

What are your goals and which option best allows you to achieve them?

The problem is, these unimportant tasks ultimately become part of your routine, and not only are you using them as time fillers, but you're prioritizing them over important tasks, as you've lost the perspective of what's really important.If you can get your brain to accept that you can accomplish just as much -- if not more -- in fewer than 40 hours, and if you can overcome the stigma society has created about having to work at least 40 hours per week, you may realize they you can achieve just as much success in far less time.

This however will become evident when you actually see how your customized set of numbers work out, and compare the result to what is necessary to achieve your personal financial objective.

Seems like they have already built in most of what you are trying to achieve with tax laws.

You will find a ton of information on here and plenty of helping members that want you to achieve your REI goals.

What do you hope to achieve through your property investment?

There are many groups of people in the country (and the world) who can make a case to evoke our sympathy and achieve "victimhood."

Currently I am signed up with about 30 banks and counting with direct contacts to the commercial special assets vp's and directors.My goal is to sign up with a few hundred more.Most distressed properties released by banks are lots and raw land for which they see no recovery followed by mom and pop type stuff.2011 I believe more of the bigger stuff will hit the market more frequently.Goal is to do at least 30 million in transactional volume on real estate deals as a broker and then purchase a few investments of my own.Between triple net,apartments,and bank distress deals I believe my goals are achievable.