I have also had various paper routes for about 15 years.  

Getting Things Done (GTD) revolves around the concept of getting things out of your head (as simple or as complicated as they may be) and getting them into a trusted system.It allows your life to become simple.It clears up the psychic clutter in your head.There are 5 parts to it.1.Capture2.Clarify3.Organize4.Reflect5.EngageCapture everything on paper and into your system.Capture your to-dos, your ideas, your tasks.Put them into your system.Easy-peasy.Clarify what you need to do.Break it down into simple actionable steps, so there’s no barrier to you just doing it.If you can delegate it, pass it off.Organize what you can into your calendar.This gives everything a due date and holds you accountable to getting that thing done on that day.Calendar is your sacred territory.Reflect on your list as needed.If something is vague, clarify it.If something doesn’t make sense for you anymore, take it off the list.Determine if and where your priorities need to change.Engage and get to work.Do your next action, for it is all you can do.By this point, if your system is done, the next action for you will be easy.You won’t have to dedicate any more brainpower to thinking about it.

I know agents who still shun computers and put pen to paper when possible.Feel free to connect and we can chat in more detail.

So, I plan to focus on improving my financial management and retiring debt first, and as I do that, read and very slowly start to build up a network in real estate investing through attending meetings of local real estate investor clubs in Northern Virginia and DC, interacting online here and other places, and maybe bird dog stuff in my area for investors to get comfortable with investing and build contacts ( think there is value in using bird dogging as the first step to building a foundation in investing, which is why I think the Vertucci people were wrong to tell me not to do it) and then move to the assignment of contract/paper flip/basic wholesaling stuff. 

- What is the size of each unit - Check the layout of the kitchen to see if it is appropriate for your target renter (and which appliances are provided/included - Is the foundation in good shape?

lol, that's what I thought, the brick, layout and grass did not seem to Arizonian...

This of course leaves my friend (the buyer) in a situation where he's putting up the whole amount for, on paper, 50% rights to the property.  

Next you lay out future cash flows received each year for duration of holding period.What you need to know is, your initial cost of capital, required rate of return (hurdle rate) and the present value of those future cashflows.

Paper said this warranty is lifetime transferable.

We sign papers this afternoon.