A few years ago, we purchased a 5 acre piece of land that already has a foundation and septic, hoping to eventually obtain a construction loan and build a home.

All I need are the right and left end pieces.

I would look for a piece of the pie!

I had a Stinger and it was a piece of crap.

Some jobs pay an hourly wage, some pay per piece you make, some have some sort of bonus potential.

I would highly recommend reading books, following RE investor's blogs, read through threads on bigger pockets, attend local AREIA events, research your market, take a local investor out to lunch..... there is a ton of ways to gather information and learn this business.Once you spend some time researching and reading, you'll be able to start putting the pieces together by asking questions here.

If you're just looking for a quick way to rig it, I'd attempt to shim it from the bottom side with various pieces of 1"x_"

It's for a marketing piece I'm working on, so complex charts would probably scare Joe homebuyer off.Thanks for looking through your stuff!

So if I was allowed to only give a new investor only one piece of advice it would be to jump in and worry about learning as you go.

Recent grads are also having a harder and harder time finding employement, many of whom are piecing together part time, seasonal, and temporary work.