it stands to reason that if amazon Sams club Costco And Walmart put like 90% of the ma and pa stores in America out of business then it’s safe to say your not going to do much better as joe blow selling no name household products for 4X the price these big stores offer it at .

He might, or he might blow it off as a lucky deal that only worked for you.

That's why they're moving to Sacramento instead:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/621/topics/396725-millennial-migration-to-sacramento-2017---here-comes-the-rushAs more and more tech companies allow employees to work from home or commute part time, and more and more start ups head out to Sacramento to save on office space and employee pay, the city will just get better and better.And while it will take AT LEAST another decade to come to fruition, once the high speed rail project connects Sacramento to San Francisco in under an hour, Sacramento will BLOW UP when tech employees with $150k+ per year salary realize they can cut their housing costs by 50-75% and live like a king in Sacramento... all the while working on the train into the city (or doodling around on Facebook instead of having to focus on the drive and deal with traffic).https://www.sfcta.org/california-high-speed-rail-projectI know Sacramento better than just about any agent or investor out there (toots own horn), and these are the reasons investors (and residents) are skipping over smaller areas like Vacaville, Fairfield, Tracy, Modesto, Merced, etc. are instead setting their sights on Sacramento.

It impacts the extreme cases rent control advocates claim to care about.

That’d soften the blow.

Hi @Brady Boyer,Working down debt and saving money will certainly get you a leg up on most people your age, but I'm going to go against the grain (I seem to like to play devil's advocate on these forums) and say, "not so fast!"

Dave has good sound advise for the masses .lets face it  Most people blow their money and don’t save so they retire broke . his advise is sound when it comes to getting out of consumer debt and getting a budget going .

What I've done is put together not a saving budget, but a blow money envelope!  

On the small properties one or two issues blows the cap rate completely.

They have multiple "as is" offers within a couple daysHere is an example:Wholesaler pays $60,000 with 0% fees and resells to a flipper for $80,000, so net seller is $60,000MLS with Realtor sells for $80,000 directly to a flipper with 6% commission, so net seller is $75,200I get 10 plus yellow or variants of them each and ever week of my life.they all say the same thing.Hey i am joe blow I wan to buy your home I am a cash buyer.benefits of working with me.No  listing fee  you pay nothing   I can close on a date of your choosing .. but then the wholesaler goes for 60 and 90 day due diligence periods in many cases.No proof of funds like broker would bring.. just a promise of funds.there is no question though that some areas of real estate are under served in the brokerage community usually very low value assets so this is where many wholesalers find it works for them  and let me tell you there is extreme profiteering at the disservice of the seller.I just had one come to me were the wholesaler bought for 7k and resold for 28k.. how is that adding value to a empty house.. and how is that a good deal for the seller.. ???