hi john, welcome, the quickest way to make money in domaining is to not BUY ANYTHING, ask a lot, read a lot before you buy
well its not making money, its just saving money so when you KNOW... you have the money to BUY.
I just wish I was told that when I started, LOL, all good.
I think I was $3K + down before I found DNT, but I got lucky in I actually had honest advice from the start and got some good domains I now know.
READ, ASK
tim, welcome