Things going for you when you are younger (everything is generalizations): no family obligations, unbounded energy, a mind that is not jaded/an open mind, a willingness to experiment, geographically mobile, lots of time.Things going against you when you are younger: no money, no experience, no track record, unknown interests/abilities, no societal acceptance of ability. 

Otherwise, if you want to be active, you need to seriously commit time and energy to make it happen.

Why spend time trying to convince someone to sell for 100k under what they want when you can spend that energy on a seller who is 10k off of your price?

It can be a very lucrative purchasing strategy, but you really need to invest time and energy in learning it.

However this is a bandaid on a bullet wound.

I like the 500 mile range that makes going camping realistic were as with my 16 X it only has 220 range which is fine for daily driving and we drive it 1000 miles to Vegas twice a year and with the super charger network it all works out fine and of course our superchargers are free so we never pay for energy..  

My husband and I were just talking about when we really began devoting a lot of our energy into acquiring properties about 4 years ago.  

One of my favorite ways I partner with Private Money folks is seen in this example:- Purchase price of $90,000- Rehab budget of $30,000- Estimate “carrying costs” of $5,000- Closing cost to purchase of $2,500Total cost of project including EVERYTHING = $127,500IF total cost of project is less than 75% of my bullet-proof After Repaired Value prediction then I will walk through this fact and my evidence with my finance partner and ask them to fund all or a portion of this.IF I use a bank loan for the purchase and rehab costs, then I will invite a financial partner to fund the carrying costs, closings costs, and the down payment amount that the bank requires.  

Bullet dodged!

Remember a bookkeeper can save you money, time, and energy in the long run.