Just be careful you dont spend too much time on it unless youre seeing results.  

I'm looking at spending 30-50k.

It's time to spend my life's energy working to build my own business.

Who are you targeting, how does your yellow letter read, you have to spend money to make money it doesnt matter how many letters you send if they are not calling dont sit and wait send out yellow letters to another list.  

Which is where everyone starts regardless if they plan to spend more on their education or not.  

I love the fact that this area has low taxes and instance is appreciating and I can spend $150-230k and get class a properties.We are investing for the long term so the cash flow isn't need now but for when we want to find early retirement in 14 years!

Spend most of your spare time reading about your specific interest in real estate as well as personal improvement. 

I can see that this will not be something I can get done fast but I suppose if I'm not spending the time then I probably shouldn't be doing this.

I have said over and over again that EDUCATING people to be successful costs money and time.If I make 400k,500,600k a year income and I take time out to help someone with no monetary benefit then not only am I not getting money from them but I am also losing money because my income goes down from not putting time into income generating activities.That is why I love Bigger Pockets because you can drop knowledge 24/7 and it's up to the reader what they do with what they learn.To expect a local investor who is successful to spend hours on end for free helping people make money is not realistic.

Maybe the spread is not enough for a buyer to want to spend 2-4k and their time.