It’s ran like a business, not a personal investment.Given the heavy workload I have being the CEO/founder of the wealth management company, my wife has set up a well oiled machine on the property management side, due to her perfectionist drive however, it still means that she's constantly dealing with tenants and toilets and replying to items at all hours of the day and night.

Its all about the heavy brush with Manzanita and other dense brush full of oils that burn so hot and fast.. thats why in many areas in CA they have control burns..

Seems like many of the apartment syndicators moved to ATMs, then Car Washes, now pitching Oil and Gas Drilling programs.Who can comment if these are hitting their numbers?

But I agree with your point avoid the Amway guru snake oil sales people.

Many people change oil in their cars themselves.

Also Park City is hot right now, Amazon is building a facility there.  

There are options you can invest in such as oil and gas, datacenters etc. that typically provide significant depreciation.

The real property investment can be repositioned if it proves disappointing in its original form; it can be refinanced or recapitalized if it has too much or too e pensive debt; inflation over time bales out many bad purchases, and finally the investors knowledge, experience and abilities can be leveraged to turn around a cash flow negative property.I’ll provide an exampleThree years ago we purchased a note from a bank secured by two auto repair facilities with a large amount of excess land.  

Enhancing Parking Facilities.

I've invested with the same group for the past 7 years but when I joined they had been already in business as a real estate fund for 3.5 years and asked to meet withy the fund manager who took the time to tour me personally in California and hen a year later I went to see one of their bigger projects for assisted living facilities.