Day 1 (sorta)

Hi everyone, My name is Jason and I live in Washington State pretty close to Canada off I5. I have been doing work all the way from the Canadian border to Tacoma. I will do my best to log and keep track of my journey from working to hard for someone else to make them rich to giving me and my family the life we deserve to live! If for some reason someone does read this I apologize, I am by no means a English or Writing major.
Anyway, I say day1 sorta cus I started a while back say 3 or 4 months. I haven't done like I should've and started a post them to track myself. So I've been working a lot on my Investing career, yet I'm sure it's been somewhat unproductive and floundering.
To fill in what I have done, I've went through 1 agent in the greater Seattle area, 2 in the Bellingham area and I am currently working with what seems to be a fairly good agent in Tacoma. We will see if this holds true over time. I have submitted oh probably 50+ offers in Bellingham before that agent dumped me I asked the agent around Seattle to submit a lot of offers only to have him come back quite a while later to say he couldn't work with me after leaving me hanging. and I have submitted a dozen or so in Tacoma. Myself I have done okay in life so far so I have great credit and not too much debt. So I wanted to try and get started with some rentals of my own. I as of yet still don't have any. I have 3 in the works right now a triplex(reo) a 6plex(mls) and SFR(short sale) I have gone through 2 fsbo that have not worked and am trying to work with another right now. I have a friend that is a millionare right now and we is willing to help financial and to partner on deals but he only wants certain areas and certain things. He is also an invester part time and has multiple rentals but does his own landlording and is quite negative to real estate. Honestly he is almost like a hard money lender. I like him but for my own growth I probably should just do like everyone else and start from scratch and don't take what is here and comfortable. But, I won't totally rule something out like this. We can still make money together and help each other out.
On a more personal note, I took a buyout from work and used the money to pay off debt(only to get more for some reason). Before I put some on for RE Investing. I sold my truck to get rid of a payment and make some money. So now I drive a POS which I'm kinda embarrased to be seen in. Hey I guess that will help give me drive to succeed. Since I have good credit I have the option and availability to use credit cards for quick cash and a Line of Credit for the same purpose. Although the wife is not too supportive and would probably want to divorce me if I got alot more debt. I commute 3hrs a day and work 9 hours a day. Although, I must say I have alot of free time I mooch at work and do REI stuff on the clock. Don't tell them...shhhhh! I try to get up at 3-4am to work before work and do some at night when I'm not spending it with the wife. I should and will make that a definite time say 3-5am and 9-11pm as well as whatever I can do during the day. I WILL MAKE THIS HAPPEN!!!!
So my official day1 starts now on Oct 29 2011. Today I searched Craigslist for leads, sent emails for possible buyers of FSBO and returned a phone call to another poss. buyer. Not much but it's something and I will keep chipping away at it.
Thanks everyone who turned in. I hope to give you and me something more to look forward to reading. Til next time great investing to all.

Jason