We, and you, have no idea that your conceptions are accurate.That said, try FISBO and get a real look at your market's situation, then plan accordingly.

I believe I hear what you are saying though, for sure -- that it's better, more fair, and more likely to get deals, if you yourself can show up to the table offering something.... in hard cashbut you still have to know how "fix and flip" works, how to renovate something, how to negotiate.... what contracts to do, how long things take.... etcthat was the concept I liked about Gator, is that it's a team that passes that niche off to the other person, who is good at that - and they can all structure deals together.... you have the deal guy.... the money guy.... the fix and flipper guy, etc. -- and they find deals that could be good for all of them - and everyone is helping each otherI think BiggerPockets will be a potentially pretty reliable place - I know that there's different roles, "finders", "buyers", "sellers".... maybe I can just find deals, and connect people together, and get some kind of small finder's fee for it, or something.... ok so that first 10-20k is important to just be able to provide - when getting into this....

Usually its because there is a lot of debt risk. when interest rates went up a year or so ago I lost over 300k in sydication projects I was a part of because I didn't understand this concept.

Most of these course instructors aren't qualified to teach anything but the most elementary real estate concepts and try to make their courses more marketable by teaching concepts they have no business teaching. 

There are no shortcuts really because it takes time to grasp a lot of these concepts.

There are many problems with the concept which you have not bothered to address. 

These two concepts are separate from each other.

I have concepts that I hope to expand on, strategies that stick out to me when reading and podcast so far are buy and hold properties, the BRRRR method, and house hacking.

I specialize in STR & Co-living concepts, which I recommend for the highest rental income potential! 

If you’re not willing to do this, then you may be best off investing in some kind of real estate fund concept.