Make sure to listen to all the BP podcasts, read the articles on the main blog and be active in these forums to learn a ton very quickly about any topic in real estate you want to know more about.This is also a great place to meet people that can be assets to your business.

They are both great at learning the fundamentals.By the way - here are my favorite articles on Wholesaling: 9 Reasons You Couldn’t Find A Buyer For Your Wholesale DealDon’t Start Wholesaling Until You Read This: Wholesale Advice from a Fix and FlipperHow to Start Wholesaling: Getting Past The Education and Into the FieldOh - and don't forget to set up your Keyword Alerts!

if you sit at home reading books, articles and how-to videos all day and all night, but never do any real action, you will never, ever get a deal.6 - 9 months may have been a good number for those people.  

I use a Twitter account mainly to put provide valuable information to other people (articles, blog posts, motivational things, etc.).

I recently read an article about the amount of money made in support of and due to the port.

The only issue I take with that article is it focuses purely on income level and not on net assets. 

For a look at the topic from a perception angle, I actually thought this article was pretty cool: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/16/magazine/the-cold-hard-lessons-of-mobile-home-u.html

If you feel the risk is worth the reward, here is an article to get you started, http://www.hawaiilife.com/articles/2013/09/hawaii-...

It's safer to send a letter when contacting someone if the contact was not solicited.http://realtormag.realtor.org/sales-and-marketing/feature/article/2003/11/answers-your-national-do-not-call-registry-questionsGood luck!

I mention this because I read @Brandon Turner 's article on how to make a million in just 8 years.