@Jon Schwartz first I do not read books at All Even rich dad poor dad, so you won’t get any quotes from me lol!

I state this to show I understand this is no a get rich quick scheme and that I'm not trying to just stop working, but rather to get to a place where I work when, where, and how I choose.At this point, I'm not necessarily interested in making real estate investing my primary business, but rather a side business for investment.

It is not get rich quick.

Try to remember what disrupted your world so much that you had to do this too.In my case the Rich dad, poor dad was the sign, over 19 years ago.

Real estate is a business that is get rich slowly... definitely not quickly (on average).Lance mentioned wholesaling, which is where you find a great deal on a home, get a contract on it, and then market it to an investor with the funds to act on it.  

As we've all learned from BP, Real Estate is a long-term play, not a get rich quick scheme.

Most private lenders in that scenario would be a rich uncle or someone that believes in YOU and has known you for a long time. 

I have recently read the book Think and Grow Rich and it has made me want to push myself harder to get to know as many as I can so I can put myself ahead of the curve.

Using our new definitions, it would look something like this:“Doing one or more of many different forms of investing related to or involving real property will make you rich and you probably won’t have to worry about money.”Can you see how vague and cryptic that is?

I'm a rags to riches to rags to???