Most people are doing it incorrectly, so do your own independent research and don't follow the crowd, because right now--as least with respect to this particular topic--the blind are leading the blind.I just wrote a client advisory on this subject yesterday but can't post here.

She didn't do it blindly, she had both of her sons to teach her and guide her through all that she initially tackled.

But flipping contracts and tying people up into deals they are blind about is a concernI agree that people often times dont value your connections and are greedy to find out you can sell something for more.

Overgrown lawns and broken blinds?

Without it, you're flying blind."

Just going in blind and crossing your fingers.

It's NOT for the novice, it is unique, and very easy to loose a lot of $ first if jumping in blind. 

Too many new investors blindly copy due diligence checklists from the internet, assign equal importance to each item and blow up deals over nothing.

During the mortgage crisis i worked as a loan officer for a very short period , in that time frame i saw how shady that part of the business was, customers where signing documents blind and for that very reason most lost their homes, everyone was taking full advantage of the situation and trying to get a wealthy as fast as possible before the party was over.What i dont like working with loan brokers/officers is that there is a lot of jargon in their paper work that they only understand , i wouldnt want to get stuck in bad mortgage deal .

Maybe $25MM net worth but they are new money and/or dumb money if not both that blindly follow an "advisor".