Since I wanted to be rich, I made real estate my vehicle to get there.If the internet had been around at that time or I was born a few years later, I probably would have gone into computers since that is a good way to become wealthy also.I'm glad I chose this business.

My school of thought is this: if you can honestly stay consistent and take the excess money and invest in some vehicle that earns a greater return than the current cost of your interest rate, i would invest in the higher return, continue taking the profits and rolling it over (compounding it) and growing the excess cash and interest faster than it does by paying down your mortgage.

I stopped using inspectors long ago...the last one I used said the dishwasher had a burned out motor. 

Big thing - my vehicle makes me money.

A 401k is an investment vehicle that can acquire assets. 

Opening an LLC for REI is an asset protection vehicle.  

So I'm hoping others that have done it, and built a business like this into the 50 million plus range, or a few hundred million, can point me in the right direction on selecting the proper vehicle for funding, and method of raising that capital at the rate of 2-5 million per round, 2-3-4 times a year. — Best!

If not kiss them goodbye and move on.Two years ago I rented to a seemingly nice couple with good credit, lots of money, fancy clothes, $100,000 between their two vehicles, etc.

An update for myself, I've finally made the transition from RV and motor home sales to being a full time Realtor now.

One of the things in my life, when I’ve utilized it, that’s helped me a great deal, is keeping a journal with me at all times.The value is tremendous.It seems like such a small thing, but I encourage you to try it for one week.My recommendation is you buy a notebook that has 5 sections.The first section you’ll use to write down thoughts as they come to you.The second section will be to write down things you have to do; your to-do list.The third section will be to add entries to your calendar.These are things you know you need to be doing on a certain date, but may not be able to, at the current moment in time, be able to access your calendar.The fourth section will be any type of items you want to purchase.This could be a shopping list, all the way up to the house you passed on your last driving for dollars tour of your farm area.The fifth section will be a contacts section.You’ll add to this throughout the day of people you meet.I always keep paper clips in my vehicle so I can add business cards to this section.When you arrive home (at whatever time of day is appropriate), simply transpose all of the information appropriately into whatever electronic format is appropriate for you.By the time you do your daily planning at night (for the next day’s activities), this notebook should be clean and ready to go.Keep rockin’.