Your analytical skills will come in very handy in quick deal analysis - you'll be able to save yourself hours and days of work (it all happens in excel anyway ;)) and, as a result, review, skim, delve deeper and act upon before the rest of the market does, nabbing you the best deals, whichever particular strategy you may choose.My background was project management, and I felt so at home when I started analysing my first RE deal, it was a bit of a shock - but those skills are serving me oh so well now.Best of luck to you!

Most importantly, I began working with Ibrahim S, a BP member/investor in my area whom I consider my mentor.Tools - Google Voice for call screening, Excel for data and lead ogranization.

Excellent story.

You may want to check those out here - they are both excellent.

I think Ryan has made some excellent remarks here and I agree.

Also an excellent question!

She has the attitude that everything has to be done very well, even it if means she has to do it herself, and most importantly to know how much you're going to make before you do the job (before some deals, I ask her to review my Excel spreadsheets).

Excel-- I put almost everything else in this format.

Steve, that is an excellent point!

This varies widely, and can require you have established accounts or excellent credit.