I personally started in my local real estate market in Columbus Ohio.

(Interesting, because the best guess I’ve seen is that John maybe personally grossed no more than $10 million from this mentorship over a 8 - 9 year period of time).

Explore my personal favorites, Set For Life by Scott Trench or The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey, for invaluable financial insights.3.

Did you end up flying and looking in person in the area?

Personally I like the Section 8 program when the property is located in a super poor area with a ton of blight and crime.

I'm going to exclude my personal residence from this because I don't view this as an investment, I need a place to live.Excluding my primary residence my current breakdown is 47% real estate 53% stocks/cash. 

We make people take photos of themselves holding their ID and then I also meet them in person for the showing - at least for my units on the NW side of Chicago.I've never heard of these testers, but I am not surprised. 

So PLEASE don’t make another huge financial decision and then tell that same person after you do it.

If not from the person in office, then definitely from the person running against them.

If it did flood though, I personally would steer clear.