Making progress, but not nearly as quickly as I would like! 

If folks are interested in identifying the 'path of progress' this certainly looks promising.  

My market is fairly small and I’m not a tire kicker he knows I buy and sell with him traditionally so while my commissions might not be the biggest they are steady.

I love hearing the progress.

To be more successful, you simply have to work on the other elements to progress your REI pursuit.

so i have been working on building my marketing plan and I plan on hitting NYC area my family is in nyc and so am i right now and i guess you could call me an opportunist with lots of spare time so i want to use wholesaling techniques to snatch off market deals cutting out all the middle men involved and yea fixing and flipping them for now as i have a limited source of capital at the moment although eventually i will be holding multi families for rental income...My plan is to find a broker or agent willing to pay a monthly fee (equivelant to my advertising cost) in exchange for a steady stream of referrals for all the motivated sellers who call me but are not willing to work with me at my price or have a move in ready home and want to sell at market value which is clearly not what i am looking for....there are so many empty billboards in NYC but i will probably start out with a 3x12 Banners that i can have made for free at the moment and find willing commercial business owners in industrial areas with a high traffic count...

How could you ever say definitively that, for example, a younger more progressive and environmentally responsible couple searching for their first home would not be excited about buying an energy efficient house and there fore pay more for one?

Lender provided half with draw schedule based on progress.

UPDATE: We're making some real progress -- FINALLY!

Ron Paul also has a book that I want to read.Inflation taxes are enemy number one in my book and I want to know as much as I can to prepare myself for a steady erosion of my purchasing power.