The thought of building my own future and controlling my life like them gives me a rush of excitement and adrenaline...Here's my problem, I honestly cannot make a connection in my mind of how to go from where I am now to where they are.  

With the door open, the controls appear to work as normal (power button and cycle selection knob appear functional).  

This guy thinks he has control over you and it should not be that way.

A good foundation is owning and controlling real estate. 

How are people using BP to keep in touch with those who we have connected with in the past? BP keeps an archive in the inbox but is that the best way? Or is a separate CRM/excel document what the cool kids are doing?

You've come to the right place if your looking to take control of your financial future. 

You should practice your negotiating on a park like this, not much to lose. 

The comments directed your way are correct.I see you're new on BP, unlike other real estate guru sites or REIA meetings, you'll find advice here on wholesaling that is correct, depends on who you listen to, much of it illegal and/or unethical practice, but the idea of wholesaling has been around for over a hundred years, look up "straw man" deals.

If you can't look them in the face and tell them "no" - blame it on a fictitious partner that controls the funds - he/she said "no" - not you!

Control as many properties as possible and negotiating the offer using the second stage" negotiating technique, first open negotiations with an offer, than close with final face to face negotiations.