He just gives me alot of insight as well as alot of motivation.

I am highly motivated and anxious to get started and would appreciate mentoring/advice on where the best places I can start networking with investor buyers and sellers for these properties.

Like I saw in this post or another one regarding Rich Dad Company, the books were great motivators and educational material at a conceptual level.

Thanks noob for the added motivation.

I am so motivated right now that I cant sleep but I cant think what I can be doing right now towards real estate.

I intend to see through many frustrating months in the next year as I try to build a network of buyers and a stream of motivated sellers calling me.

Most of the popular books are long on motivation and short on techniques that will actually help you do something.

Can anyone point me to a great resource for really effective check lists or questionnaires when speaking to a motivated seller or looking at a potential property?

It's not a motivational book, but rather one that's designed to teach you how to interpret pro formas and how to do and understand key calculations that are essential for success in real estate investing.And for fun I teach once each year at Columbia in their Master of Science in Real Estate Development program.I've been in the real estate software business long enough to have learned that there's no point in trying to sell people analysis software if they don't have a good grasp of the financial concepts that underly real estate investments.

Seller has told me directly that he is VERY motivated to sell since having bypass surgery (will take less).