I learned the industry the "hard" way slow and steady with a lot of hard knocks and bumps along the rode.

@Terrance Merck keep us up to date on your progress.

Secondly having a steady marketing budget in place is a must as well.

My finance background and ability to crunch numbers gave me no advantage in that fight - there are people who have been doing this for 30 years here in Denver and I had never bought investment property before in the area.My background did, however, allow me to land a job with steady income.  

Only a couple weeks away then and definitely understandable there is no progress yet.

I did get to network and meet a bunch of people who have made more progress than me in the industry which was awesome!

I'd like to lock my first investment property in in the next few months and progress from there.  

Since you have no steady income maybe consider partnering with someone that DOES have stable employment that is looking to invest.

Keep us updated on your progress.

Do post updates about your progress Angel.