They have a business degree with a few different emphasis.

I know i do not want to be just passive investor, I know that I can theoretically bring people together (after being exposed to my so fart short journey in real estate world, with emphasis of creating track record across both digital and physical boundaries), but the problem with me is that... i am seeing everyone's angle from different perspectives.. and everyone has their own perspective... and their own reasoning to offer or do something....I am trying to analyze what on earth am I truly good at (after my initial 2 months and 26 day in real estate learning journey and taking smaller actions)... however, the feasibility factor, and realization of whether or not it is truly possible to get closer to financial freedom by leveraging multi family real estate as the wealth generating vehicle by pulling capital together and extracting inner intricacies of syndication is what is truly holding me back... from massive action...You see...

IBKR is a LOT cheaper then Schwab, emphasis on a LOT.Schwab also has portfolio options upon discussing it with them where it adjusts similar to IBKR, but it seems to be very case specific as i was made aware while discussing it with trading desk. 

It was easy, because they really put all their emphasis on my assets and other than my credit score, I didn't have to prove any income or other things about me. 

Whenever I told anyone that I was a real estate investor, they automatically assumed I said real estate realtor regardless of how much emphasis I put on the word “investor”.

I do not think Lifestyles is in the same category as many of the other guru and mentoring programs, in that Lifestyles provides a hands on approach with very specific guidance and an emphasis on the actual purchase of residential properties.

PERHAPS because the primary goal was this "discounted vacation," and not enough emphasis on the numbers.Not discouraging that by any means, but just be sure to know what your goals are when you buy it, and the appropriate due diligence and understanding variability in the numbers to know if it's a "pet project" for your vacation, or a money-making investment that stands on it's own (or somewhere in between..)

Not to say you can't make money in them as an investment, just that the emphasis has to be on maximizing cash flow.I had heard about the 1% rule before being interested in real estate investment. 

My degree is in English with a Writing Emphasis, and I currently work as a writing tutor.

But [it pushed down hotel prices and raised rents on residents]" (emphasis added)  I appreciate what they're trying to communicate here - that the "disruptions" caused by popular tech startups are often not the predicted ones.