A work ethic is absolutely a requirement to success...no doubt.But I think another often overlooked ingredient to success is passion.If what you do is a labor of love you'll never stop.

Luck and a propensity to take risks when you have more money than you will ever need are ingredients to get there in most of the cases I have seen.

Action is a key ingredient.

Is it possible that, (as you mentioned being online for years), was one of the main ingredients necessary to crack the code......Also, there's tons of stuff to market online....what directed you towards real estate?

You have what appears to be the secret ingredient for success; A NEVER ENDING PASSION!

FINANCING is the key ingredient to identifying lucrative real estate investment opportunities, yet, so few people truly understand the power of knowing WHERE to find the right financing and HOW to get it!

There's three major ingredients to a transaction:1.

There's three main ingredients to any transaction.

If I could see step by step the route I need to take (or at least all the "ingredients" like securing finances, tenants, and getting proper documentation) I'd be much more comfortable taking my first step.

All ingredients for higher price per square foot when building new.When deciding whether to buy an existing 4 unit, 12, 16, 20 or whatever, break it down to the unit level.