I had landed this deal by sending out some direct mailers a few months ago which put me in contact with a somewhat motivated seller who had multiple properties that he was trying to unload.

There’s a lot of different categories for motivated sellers, but you want to find the ones with equity when starting out.

Hey @Ricardo Dale,Glad to hear you've got a motivated seller!

Congrats also on doing a solo deal belly to belly with the seller.A couple of my takeaways as a dusty old LL thinking more of selling than buying these days-1) When you sell a property in a different market as an absentee owner, you may be a motivated seller and get creamed by a local investor. 2) Don't accept VA or FHA loans from your buyer.

I wrote these three BiggerPockets posts to find motivated sellers;  pick 2 or 3 techniques, stick with them long enough to note your return on investment -- and find something that works for your area:https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/8814/72016-55-resources-to-find-real-estate-deals-onlinehttps://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/8814/71506-27-ways-to-find-off-market-and-wholesale-real-estate-deals-offlinehttps://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/8814/72664-35-relationships-to-help-you-find-more-houses-to-flip-or-wholesaleThese 3 offers you were going to send out on Sunday -- how are you analyzing the properties and figuring out what you should offer on them?

This a primary force in my motivation.

Not surprised your sales training by actual top performers blew out the Rich Dad fan boys.I think Rich Dad is a great book for motivational purposes (if that's the kind of stuff someone's into).

In 2013, I was in the process of getting divorced with my first wife who cheated on me, I was accused and convicted of a crime I never committed. and unfortunately, I made some stupid decisions and wound up bankrupting twice for trying to find an easy way out of my attorney fees($25,000). my bankruptcy discharges in June 2020, so it's very hard to be considered with an opened bankruptcy and a dented credit score. but, in June 2020, I am I am a motivated future real estate investor who has just started reading the bigger pockets books(great books) and am currently saving money to purchase my first fourplex in June 2020. as I am waiting, I received a General Manager promotion at my job and my credit score is also at its highest since 2010, and I was wondering if anyone knows of a good book that may help me with advice with my new and foreign promotion?

I find that very motivating and inspiring.

His story is certainly very inspiring and certainly motivate me to aim high as well.