If you haven't yet, be sure to check out the The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing and The BiggerPockets Podcast.

Think of it as the CostCo method...make a respectable profit from a lot of deals instead of trying to make a killing off of one.Also, learn Craig's List...you can do a lot of buying and selling from there.Third, download the Ultimate Beginner's Guide to REI (http://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-investing) and read it over and over.Fourth, find a good REI (I would suggest any of the FIBI's or the Club in Action in Burbank) and network like crazy.

I realize this book was written a while ago but I'm wondering as anyone had success with the "ultimate paper out" technique or divide and conquer ?

@Shaylene Tootle , you should definitely check out the BP Ultimate Guide to Working with Investors

@Kris Taylor I tried to help them out; got them a lease off of BP, sent them "The Ultimate Guide to Tenant Screening", and " How to Rent Your House."

Be sure to read through The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing to help you get started.Finally -be sure to setup some keyword alerts - especially for "Lincoln Park" so you can jump into local conversations.See you around the forums!

Ultimately I think the best way is to start networking and entrenching yourself into your local RE investment "world."

.); others were unable to find work, or found work that was menial and low paid (by engineering standards), and ultimately unfulfilling.

If you were just starting out, would you pursue a day job in the Real Estate field as opposed to any other non real estate career if the ultimate goal was to retire by 35 using a buy and hold Multifamily strategy?

Ultimately, she was waiting to hear back from her bank about "reversing her mortgage".