I've seen the growth and power RE contains.

I've seen the growth and power RE contains.

I used it as a tool to lower the price with the Seller under the loan contingency clause. 

My goal is to use my shoe business as a tool to build a substantial real estate portfolio and while I'm waiting for those two years of tax returns, I've been reading real estate and business books, listening to dozens of episodes of the podcast, and (in an admittedly rudimentary way) analyzing as many deals as I can per day.

HELOC is a great short term tool.

What I found while training 20 agents is that I have noticed most agents do not know how to use the "keywords" or any of the good tools. 

After doing this for 20 years, I have found that the 1031 rule is a potent tool for real estate investment professionals for several reasons.First, deferring taxes means you can keep growing and diversifying your portfolio a lot more quickly than if you had to pay standard tax rates on every transaction.

The only tools I've been using so far have been the RPR and RedFin. 

Hi @Bryan Igboke, I’ve read some power tips about your concern, you might want to check and read it as well;https://besttransactionfunding...I wish you goodluck and hope it will answer your question.

From there you can dive into more advanced books, but if you don't have the building blocks, those may be overkill.Also consider buying Michael Blank's analyzer tool, comes with video training.Also consider buying David Toupin's analyzer tool, then find his walk-throughs on his youtube channel of how to use it.