While negotiating isn't part of everyone's skill set, the necessary techniques can be learned.

The more you know about your local market and the more skills you have in anything related to this business, the better off you will be.

It apears you have your game plan and in this business I feel marketing is one of the required skills, along with a few others.

Everyone has different goals, skills, personalities, abilities.

Brian I wrote a post on how to find a mentorhttp://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/3225/blog_posts/26426-mentorYour idea of sharing your skills and knowledge is part of my point.

RE is a social business, you succeed by knowing people and working with people, especially those who work in the support areas, like Realtors, closing agents, title folks, RE attorneys, surveyors, appraisers and those in the skilled trades.

I will admit my negotiating skills are not sharp at all which may have been a small piece of the puzzle to why I "failed" in wholesaling.

I think you have a good skill set for either flipping or holding so it's up to your comfort level and accessibility to capital.I actually have a deal I just closed on in Beverly this week.

Given your background at Edward Jones, you can propel those skills sets to success in this business.

I'm studious, determined, pleasant and eager to lend any skills/resources in exchange for mentorship (my apologies if this sounds like a personal ad :-).Many thanks in advance.