Lifestyles Unlimited is controversial here at BP, but one thing they clearly don't get enough credit for is issuing deal sponsor guidelines that are fair to all parties.You have no track record, and are justifying taking equity based on pro formas that may or may not be realized.  

They learn "long term" is really, really, really long and don't have the patience to wait it out for 20 to 30 years for the loan to be paid off.In 13 years heavily involved in the investment community in Houston I have never heard a landlord brag about his rentals, the income they generate, and the lifestyle they create unless they owned a minimum of 15 to 20 doors. 

This is especially important if the funds from the equity or future cash-flow are vital to your retirement lifestyle (everyday expenses or emergency money).I can only think of three other options I would consider with pros and cons:1.)

Section 8 is a lifestyle.

REIA, FB, TXREIC, Lifestyles Unlimited, etc., that noted that the success of any of the paid mentoring program depends a lot on who you get.

Aside from the groups that @James Palinmentioned, here is one that I believe focuses on multi-family:http://www.txreic.com/If you want to pay for some training and mentoring, Lifestyles can teach you about how to become a multi-family investor, but the cost is quite high.

I know most of us here own multiple properties, but I am curious as to how many of us enjoy the RV lifestyle, and still manage properties or a business while on the road and what are some tips and tricks to help out somebody new that is hesitant about being so far away from their investments for months at a time?

I'm sure there are some that are great tenants but the lifestyle in my opinion makes for predictably bad tenants. 

I think it is pretty impressive that he built a personal lifestyle finance blog from scratch and eventually sold it for $3M, similiar to selling a house he built from scratch for $3M. 

Yes, Silicon Valley has been perpetually 'Hot', due to the high tech jobs and life style in the area.