He also had a great line (which I promptly stole) when he said “ 70% of all statistics confuse 80% of the people 90% of the time.†Statistcs can be spun in so many ways as you can see in this article: http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2009/02/23/spin-cycle-real-estate-statistics/I can’t wait to hear what that fantastic speaker at the Real Estate Insiders Club has to say in his economic update in April!

Sure, so is handing out flyers at an intersection.If you don't start with the basics, with information obtained from a formal education perspective, you're spinning your wheels.

Why spin you wheels on individuals who may be only sightseeing.

After review I realized you did send me a message about 8 months ago asking me to join your site as a "freelance agent", which was mutually declined.That being said: Pretend a licensed brake mechanic just "advises" a person to do their neighbors brakes and stands their making suggestions on how to tighten the pads and the thickness of the rotors.

This puts a little different spin on your typical self help or business book.

is something i should have done before i went out initially but something i quickly realized i needed to do in order to not spin my wheels. 

In Rochester we have a pretty active group (FREIA) as well as a lot of little spin off factions of individuals that like to get together and talk shop.  

@Sean CarrollIf I were you - my head would spin from all this conflicting advice.

I think the days of gurus spinning this stuff might be numbered.Not an argument.

Anything you buy in the next 10-20 years will have the ability to compound at a rate that will make your head spin.