NO MONEY DOWN.There should be a bounty on these supposed "gurus".At least 4 books have been published and are being heavily promoted in the last year with the theme of purchasing an existing highly profitable business with no equity investment.  

Some lose their shirts, destroy their health, and even ruin relationships.

And this is something I have been contemplating a lot during the last 2 years.You will be shocked to know this is coming out of my mouth.The whole passive income model all you/us real estate investors are so obsessively promoting...

Even if you buy the right property, managing the rental and tenants can literally destroy your finances, sanity, health, family life, etc.Keep educating yourself and keep trying!

The County Health Department (I think) could use the house address to confirm to you if one is allowed or not.I've worked with Citizens for potable/drinking water, but not sewer.Could you help me understand if you're talking about storm water (rain water) or sanitary sewer?

When a "successful investor" joins BP, or any other page for the SOLE purpose of promoting a guru, it's a red flag.

My property manager will be listing my first one for $2,500 once it's done in March (just waiting on State Health Inspector to approve the septic inspection). - Land prices for a "clean" lot (no protected species, no flood zone, away from busy highway, etc.) are now a minimum of $40k and more like $45-$50k for a freshwater canal lot.

I found out that Lifestyles knowingly allowed one of these boutique vendors to be promoted on their webpage that wasn't even licensed to do work in the state! 

So given that this month there were zero payments of any kind, I started the eviction process as soon as I legally could...This is taking a major toll on my already-tenuous health.  

Then possibly selling an equity position in the debt stack to get a promote