Just because a technique for acquiring or earning money is popularized by gurus and practiced unethically by the gurus students does not mean that the technique itself is a scam, unethical, immoral, or that the participants aren’t honest.   

They don't care when you try to explain all the future projects, they actually hate hearing that since it sounds like a scam, when an investor says, "Give me a good price and I will have a lot of work for you" it sends chills up their spines. 

Is that a scam?

If you think of it, all of our society is full of scam and hypocrisy.

Agree on the advice their are sharks out there that are very good praying on people with various scams each month a new one pops up so avoid the housing market right now .In the mean time invest in a index fund that follows a benchmark like a S&P 500 each month/week put more money in when you are at a age that father wisdom has visited make small moves into the housing market .

You really have to devote yourself to making it work, and it helps if you have a genuine interest in this business aside from money.

The lengths people go to scam 

I will never fall for Dealmachine scams again....their 5 star reviews are definitely untrustworthy.Hi Linda, I am the owner of DealMachine.

These syndications are a scam.

Sullivan devotes an entire chapter to this situation in her book.