Curtail all wasteful spending and keep saving until you reach 50K ,100K whatever until you reach a level that will afford you the flexibility to begin and provide a emergency fund to continue.10K is a insignificant amount to start which although in some areas will work involves far too much work to succeed. 

@Rich HupperMany people feel that self-directed IRAs and 401ks are a great way to get benefits from both worlds: the tax advantages of a retirement account plus the asset flexibility to invest in what you want.

That gives me flexibility to differentiate between medical bills, divorce, etc vs unpaid utilities, outstanding judgement, high credit card balances...

I pay her a fair wage and offer a very flexible schedule but she makes things happen, has brought my vacancy to almost zero, people are happier b/c of maintenance calls and she is like the glue keeping all things in place.

You can be flexible, standards are not flexible.

Is this scenario possible?-I form a single member LLC.-Bill and I partner on a deal. Bill buys a 50% share of my LLC. Operating Agreement(OA) states 50/50 on all expenses/profits.-Next month, Julie and I partner on a ...

I've been in fire/rescue and emergency management for over 15 years and I'll continue to do that while getting this venture off the ground, but my schedule is flexible enough to where I can dedicate a large amount of my time to this endeavor.  

The key here is flexibility.

I'm flexible; just want to do it).

Budget is flexible and will depend on the specific opportunity.