Then wash my face & brush my teeth. 5:15am - 10 minutes of meditation (Check out Omvana and Spotify for good meditation tracks)5:25am - 5 min of affirmations - The Miracle MOrning has an app you can store these in. 5:30am - 5 min of visualizations - Close your eyes and think about where you want to go5:35am - Read - I read for an hour and a half. 7:00am - Stretch & Pushups while listening to podcast8:00am - Head out for my bike ride to work. 

Its been a crazy ride but I tried to avoid all the mistake mentioned on the podcasts and books and so far I am loving the experience.

Perhaps it's a good time to buy in before we have another ride up?

C-Class neighborhood. 5 minute walking to NJ transit. 20-25 minute ride to Penn Station.

But when you bought your first rental properties and rather its airbnb or annual renting, did you feel fully confident you were going to be able to have it booked or rented at least in a timely fashion?

Hey guys, So this weekend, I searched for a bunch of properties in my area on Zillow and other listing sites, and decided to go ride around the properties so that I can see them in their physical.

My personal (and biased) favorites are: Westvale, Camillus, Fairmont for SFH; Tipp Hill and Liverpool for multi and SFH.You don't mention it but house-hacking is a great way to get started, learn the ropes of landlording and build equity in a lower risk fashion.

Thank you, - Derek  Hey Derek, I started out with a property not quite that high, but not too far off either, on the north side of Chicago...also a 15 minute uber ride from Wrigley Field.  

I do it the old fashion way for now, Excel.

Finally, there are good old fashioned REOs and short sales ... if you are able to prove yourself in that space and establish some trusted connections with asset managers at the bank.In summary, find a niche that naturally creates a steady flow of distressed property at a discount and become an expert at that ... investors want deals, learn how to get paid to help them find them.