Quote from @John Key: Quote from @Ray Hage: I had already thought dropping 5 figures into these "mastermind" programs was a bad idea and now, I think it is even worse based on what I read in this thread.

You should have resolved the lock issue during the turnover rental prep.Secondly, did the locksmith identify exactly what the issue was?

It also appears Investor's Edge may have rebranded from their old company name "Do Hard Money".Propstream screenshot:"Investor's Edge/Dohardmoney" screenshot: if its a reboot of Do Hard Money one would want to read all the threads on that Utah based company.

I normally pick and choose the events I go to based on what will be discussed. 

"The Millionaire Real Estate Agent" by Gary Keller teaches the same thing and is a good read.

The most expensive piece we bought was the La-Z-Boy queen hideabed couch.

I was told that the deal was full within minutes after the webinar ended.  

@Chloe Salcedo investing in real estate is not a full-time job.

I eventually got inundated with emails from these various web-sites and stopped reading everything they sent to me.

As a starting point: -If they work full time and make $700k a year -Don't want to or can't spend time self managing a short-term rental -Don't have a spouse who wants to take the lead on managing the rentals They are likely not going to directly reduce their taxable income with real estate year-to-year.