The fact of the mater, I think it would take a minimum of 5 years of consistent persistent focused action as well as a measure of luck to come up with $1M when starting with little to nothing and working part time. 

@Julie Hill What option(s) you decide to take will be dependent on: Balance sheet  - how many $ are you willing to invest, how quickly and for how long;Time commitment;Risk/return expectations - newbie investor only look @ returns, whereas they should be focusing on understanding riskLiquidity and risk tolerance - closely linked with the earlier point on risk/return expectations.I would focus on picking a niche and taking a deep-dive.

I know a lot of realtors like to focus solely on selling and aren't interesting in managing properties themselves.Do realtors refer clients to property managers?

clubID=1127&pubmenuOptID=47801Distressed Property Conveyance Act - reiawa.comREIA is a Washington State non-profit Real Estate Investors Association focused on Education and Investing for Real Estate Investors at all levels!

With that said, I think it's time to release the reigns to the professionals so that I can focus my efforts on growing my business.  

Hey Wayne,DM'd you - I'm actively calling off-market owners, focused on multifamily properties.

That said, I have recently met some investors on the east side (namely Belleville) that focus there. 

You build a Buyer pool relatively quickly, and the cool thing is that you aren't begging them for business, but rather THEY are coming to YOU to help them.Keller WIlliams has a great training program called IGNITE, that helps you focus on hitting the ground running (thus the obvious title). 

I focused a lot of my attention on the course and was able to go from starting the course to passing the class and taking the state exam in about three months.

If you come across any good Canadian focused resources I'd love to hear about them.