Dorance Creighton I really appreciate the motivation to jump in and get started.

Definitely don't miss out on the podcasts they are awesome and quite motivating to be honest.

One is a property where I know the seller is motivated to sell a rental property.  

Many of the "motivated sellers" I'm finding are upside down

2)Take a loan against 1 of the TX houses (maybe 70/80% of its value, maybe 4% interest-if it's 8% use less value) use this to make 2 down payments on 2 FL houses (hopefully short sales or motivated seller in good condition) and get them rented to cover the loans and expenses and maybe a small cash flow.3)Maybe try to buy a Home Path Investor house also/instead (but I am wondering if they tend to be overpriced)I recently got a sales job so I will not have to be completely dependent on my rental income (but it sure has been fun!)

You need to be happy with the deal so you stay motivated to make money for the both of you. 

He seems motivated to get them sold.I got my nerd on and I built a quick comparison tool in excel to analyze any potential deals.  

I never had these kind of neighbors before in my life good people, any way he started to rehab it couldn't finish he is a older gentlemen(62) the grass is almost 4ft tall he told me there is new raptors,electrical and plumbing.He just doesn't have the time and energy to continue and he is sorry that his neighbors has to see the house Like that(motivation) my main concern is and what I'm working on now is the NUMBERS.

I'd love if we can learn from each other and stay motivated by our journeys. 

I find this weeds out weaker candidates with low to no motivation.100% talk good game but only 10% have action behind the words.Just wanted thoughts on others who have full time assistants or secretaries work for them and how it turned out for you??