So this is the path I've chosen to follow up to and including being part of my retirement.I believe that networking and gathering real life experience from doing work myself along with following other's guidance (who have been there/done that) will garner me more knowledge and success than paying "gurus" thousand of dollars for bus trips through a city and region I already know well.I am still formulating a 5 year plan (yes, they are passe now a days but I'm old school) and I feel the first steps would be to connect with other REI's, join the local REI Groups and begin growing my network.Any guidance, advice and suggestions from this point forward will be greatly appreciated!

If you have a bit of money to start with I suggest you use that to get a good mentor as opposed to blindly buying your first property.

Any suggestions would be appreciated and I will be happy to answer any follow-up questions.

I had thoughts that "legitimizing" my business would be a smart first step.a.k.a. making a website, having business cards, getting a separate "business" phone/voicemail to answer prospective leads inquiring about properties or offering them.Would anyone suggest that this is the right direction to go before spending money on direct mailing campaigns/driving for dollars/running advertisements via craigslist or any other source?

Any suggestions?

One of my friends suggested me sunrise cleaning services ( http://www.sunrise-cleaning.com/ ) in Ontario are good.

It also doesn’t hurt that Fannie Mae suggests using that method as well.

I would suggest you read the book on flipping houses and The book on estimating rehab cost by James Scott biggerpockets.com.

We all think the way we invest is how everyone else should, but your goals and needs are different than anyone else's so decide what works for you.I'd also suggest going out to some meetups and reias so toy can meet some local investors to find out what's working in your local area (which is pretty close to mine)

I would like suggestions on which incorporation vehicle is best for me in Florida  I currently have a FL LLC to use for making hard money loans or flipping properties.