I started off slowly with some articles, then got hooked on the podcasts, and lo and behold... am now posting my first post on the forum! 

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!