I had worked out what I wanted from a cash flow standpoint for core holdings (small multi-fam) and spent a great deal of time working with the spreadsheets and tools on this site, the stuff on @Jscott's site, and from Frank's group over at realdata.com.

Our family is 3/4 vegan with the only animal products we consume being leather and cheese, however, we are phasing both out.My position as the president of a tool company and a precision agriculture company consumes most of the time.

In this business model real estate is not a tool used in your business (like rental or running your business out of or agricultural or holding for appreciation) it is inventory that is primarily for sale when you buy it.  

Virtual Assistants are a powerful tool in the real estate industry!

This could be a good negotiating tool with this thorn.

I joined BP to try to develop wholesale and lease option skills at first for the REI side of my new RE life through education, research, relationships and networking for collaboration opportunities to learn organically. 

U have come to the right place, it sounds like u have a huge head start with ur background so all power to u as u embark on ur journeyMy advice wud be too sign up for the weekly webinars they are seriously epic, and with all the other tools available I strongly believe if u can put together a good deal then u will be able to find a hard money investor for sure, I've learnt that it's about how good and clear is the deal to bring in ROIAlso stick around daily and get aquainted with the surroundings and like minded people, I have learnt so much just from reading threads and interacting!...

Insurance is important, but it's just a tool in the tool-box.

Tools, lawn mowers, snow blowers are all fair game. 

Any other tools you would suggest?