All Forum Posts by: Jim Froehlich

"Labor Work" for kids, whether "at risk" or not is not such a bad idea in my opinion.  As a former "at risk" youth, I would say that despite the Information Age we're living in, a good mix of manual labor and solid financial and real estate intelligence is a good thing to bring to children in any age-appropriate manner.   I'm about 30 years too late getting to @Bill Gulley free course, but my observation is that there are many variations of ways to help kids (or grown ups) learn the power of real estate and everything associated with acquisition, building, owning, managing, etc.  I don't believe real estate has to just be treated as a profession, any more than a guitarist has to learn music theory (or even how to read music instead of tabs).  It seems that only the the legal items are black and white; ethical lines should also be drawn, but I see a few pessimistic conclusions in this thread and general negativity (in this community) for anything that sounds like "guru".  A lot can be learned from "gurus" (sometimes hard lessons, sometimes not).  Anything that can be done to teach kids PRACTICAL lessons, while not BORING them to death, will likely go a long way towards shaping their view of the world and the powers of relationship-building, risk-diversification, and financial-reward-sharing.  Good luck @Neal Richardson !!