I am incline to believe him, thankfully before I went down that road. 

Taking on additional risk without a guaranteed better return does not sit well with me.I may be more inclined to set the interest rate much higher, keeping in mind it must be done by a licensed mortgage broker to avoid the UT usury max of 10%.Or, if I were to take an equity position, it would have to be structured with a new entity keeping any of my liability exposure within that entity that holds no other assets.

Given the excessive rental stock available in your area I would be inclined to unload a break even property.

DOes anyone have insight on being the Business inclined black sheep of the family and where i can meet and network with like minds in this area?

Real estate levels have exceeded pre-recession highs in Miami so I'm less inclined to make any immediate moves.

I am obviously not as inclined on the details of the financial end to make them work for me though.

I am a big fan of trying it, but if it were me, I would be inclined to run the 25/75 flat.

Of course having been in the bizz since the late 70's my inclination is who would spend this kind of money for this kind of training.

Without my personal experience, I might be inclined to believe him.

Perhaps you might not be inclined to do so however I've learned the hard way that this is a must.