Sounds like a scam I have heard of where people pretend to own a rental property.

I don't feel that membership is a positive investment; even in class room during half an hour practice of the whole 3 days course I could see that ends don't meet and to find a note worthy to work with is not that easy as they pretend it is.

I dont pretend, I make no bones that I am an investor and I buy at discount.

I would get a 1003 app filled out and see a mortgage broker, and pretend I had 3.5% down for a FHA loan.If the mortg broker said I had everything else, credit, d/e ratio, etc, I would consider the L/O for my family.

A pretender mentor will cost you money , lost time, and may kill your spirit.Get educated on your own first so you can make a better decision,J.Scotts book is a great start.

For instance, pretend you are looking for a rental.

Look at rent.com & rentmetric.com, maybe even pretend to be a renter and go look at some comparable apts in the area.

-----------OK… so let’s pretend my ex-business partner’s name is Newton (it’s not—but Newton sounds like a fun name).

Essentially you just pretend the seller is bank.

Long term goals, and then figure out realistically how I would achieve those goals, and everything came around to ----- Real Estate.I've been reading BP for over five or six months now, and while I have two very close friends in real estate (one in AZ, one in Cali), I do not pretend to know anything about it, nor do I plan to be as aggressive as a lot of people here with flipping and such; however, I do understand that if leveraged effectively, it can help me reach my ultimate goals, while also doing some wealth building as a nice bonus.I left the insurance industry about five years ago to pursue some other endeavors, such as starting my own travel agency; doing freelance writing around food and travel, and launching a website all about women in the culinary industry.