It's a back handed sales pitch as to why your brilliant system is amazing vs. what everyone else does/thinks. 

I agree with @Jeb Brilliant There are several companies to stay away from or at least do extreme due diligence on. 

Other than knowing that Jane is brilliant she is also a great researcher.

Aaaaand I did ;) Here are the details:- asking $109k USD- purchase price: $88k USD- downpayment 20%- rented out for $1300 thanks to my amazing Property Manager @Elenis Camargo- monthly P&I $322 (3.65% interest)- monthly cash flow: $550- ROI (CoC) 23,5%- REO 37%While it was not as complicated as a BRRRR, this deal was not uncomplicated, I have a ton of respect for everyone who is doing BRRRR.

Here comes this brilliant, brave and ambitious young man, from a remote part of this world; a proud service member to our beloved people and country, who is first of all passionate in "Real Estates" business (besides all the benefits), right from a very young age, learning from his father who is of Blessed Memory.

Guys coming up with the brilliant idea that investing in century-old C-class SFR in a place like Pgh is smart retirement savings diversification, damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead. 

It's brilliant.

It is such a brilliant idea and that is my plan, saving is my current priority right now while learning all this info from the book.

Because you are purchasing at least as much investment real estate as you sold (3/4ths of the 4 plex or $300K).It's actually a brilliant house hack strategy to get into a small MF most efficiently. 

It only matters what you do with that choice, but you obviously are too brilliant to realize that.