So, if you're looking to email your investor clients to try and raise funds, I'll have to warn you that it could very easily get your account shut down almost instantly with Mailchimp. 

term=clayton+morrisI alteady played and burned.

The question comes with various customized details but it's the same answer over-n-over again, to such a degree that answer-burn becomes a very real thing. 

The old guard gets burned out and retires.

What’s worse is many investors who do get burned become afraid of investments in general and keep their money “safe” at bank rates of return.  

@Jonathan S. you'll get burned if you buy real estate rentals and do not, "manage your manager".Even the BEST make mistakes and no one can catch every mistake.So, it takes a team effort between a PMC and an owner to make it work:)

Quote from @Matthew Becker: Do the rivers still burn in Cleveland? 

We added some instant value to this one, changing fixtures, adding accent walls, and altering kitchen cabinets.

Spent all of the "Dry" season clearing land, bulldozing, burning, discing, then plowing rows.

Far more than most real estate acitivies and much quicker think about it.. you sell the same info over and over and get paid instantly you have no roofs to fix no tenants to manage etc etc.. you do have reputation management of course.