Something that has helped me is to have a credit card that I use for business related expenses only and a checking account that I only use for my real estate related endeavors.

I am currently renting a house and kicking myself because I should have bought a house with a FHA loan and used that to my benefit and at the same time used it to jumpstart my investing endeavors.

Look to use the normal things that are used so you are not inventing things from scratch that just creates more work.

Well wishes on your REI endeavors and happy holidays to you.Kudos,Mary

This quick 15 minute read has similar quick steps and suggestion on a guaranteed way to pass the exam with a 92% pass rate on first try: 4 Simple Steps To Get Your California Real Estate LicenseBest wishes on your real estate endeavors!

Can't wait to read more about your endeavors.

One of the problems with the education system in the US is that they teach kids to get an education and get a job - they do not talk about being an entrepreneur - get a JOB - why ---- when there is so much money to be made by being an entrepreneur - working your own hours - doing what you like to do - working for yourself - having fun and knowing that you can make money using systems and your creativity -Many years ago as a real estate agent and wanting to be an investor - I soon discovered that the gate keepers (those working at a JOB) wanted to STOP ME from earning profits - so I invented and still use a system called Control and Roll (Bigger Pockets - I am telling not selling - please don't delete this post)Basically I use a Power Prospecting System to unearth real estate equities (also known as wholesaling), advertising the property for 3 weeks and selling (ASSIGN) it for all cash, fast settlement and in  "as is" condition - using the auction method of marketing.Kelli - I feel your pain - I understand your frustration - stick with it and ignore the negative relatives and the gate keeps  - flip properties until you have enough money saved to build a real estate portfolio. 

All the best to your real estate endeavors!

And we hope for the best in all of your endeavors.

Recently I have grown to become more disciplined with my investment endeavors.