There is also first mover advantage - you learn how the market really works.Very happy to connect, engage and discuss with others here.

I am wanting to engage more frequently with people more knowledgeable and/or experienced than me.

I am engaged to beautiful women from Bogota Colombia we are waiting for her visa approval hopefully within the next few months.

Seems things have changed.)From the CallHippo Study: Tuesday, 30 May 2017 - The Best Day And Time To Make A Business CallCallHippo did a research on what is the right time to make a call to your prospect,where we took the data of our 1000+ clients that engage with their prospects over calls on a daily basis.

As a side benefit, this has helped me engage with people I might not ever have met except that we got involved and "put our money where our mouths are" when it comes to saying we want to help do some good for other people.It's one thing to say we wish to be generous and to help. 

This is a great network of folks and I'm looking forward to engaging in the forums and ultimately meeting some of you if there are any in-person networking opportunities forthcoming in the D.C. metro area. 

THAT is probably why your attorney told you not to engage any further, but the attorney should have told you why.

Now in terms of the returns, when someone is actively engaged in real estate (eg., as a landlord or a flipper or anything else) their returns over time are higher versus being passive (e.g., through a syndication).

This results in paperwork, processing delays and per-transaction fees that can add up if you are engaging in more time-sensitive assets or assets that involve a lot of transactions.

The complexity arises when you are (A) managing other people's money and/or (B) engaging in larger assets with more moving parts.