While I am creating awareness in the marketplace and earning the trust of these individuals through a relentless campaing of obtaining as much face to face time with them as possible, I am busily working to raise my competence through educating myself, doing small deals, and forming area-specific alliances.Is there anyone here who has gone through a similar exercise?

This seems like a great way to create a lot more cash flow on my investment.

There is probably a component of landscaping that was done incorrectly around the garage creating a flooding scenario.

If you have questions about the process, I'm probably the best one to ask.The Land Bank was created to eliminate blight in the Kent County area and specifically Grand Rapids.  

I read about the 10x rule in one of @Brandon Turner's books, and it was a lightbulb moment for me!

Create a company logo and a letter head. 

Rule of thumb with credit cards: whatever your balance is, divide by 3.

Planning is great - I never was good at that - words are easy to put down on paper - other people's ideas are fun to experiment with and can make someone new in this business feel good for awhile I guess.Over 40 years ago I can recall as if it were yesterday - I was where many of the new folks on this site are today - I was motivated to make money in real estate - had a giant desire to create a little success (the low pay awful job I had, and a jerk for a boss just wasn't cutting it  - but I had motivation - i discovered quickly that it takes more than motivation to pay the bills.So this one seminar I took the guru said "set a goal, build your team and find a mentor".OK - I set a goal to get rich in real estate - to buy one house a month and to quit my job.

I've used Legal Zoom to create my husband's and my will.  

Unless, we have some other financial catastrophe (created by the US as the last one) or based on Geo-political upheavals that we help cause, but ultimately don't control.