Nothing really appealing to me as an accredited investor. let's refine your approach.Contrarian bet on B class office needs to be 50x equity or something

That’s the best bet.

I like this, bet on the jockey more than the horse kind of situation.

The best bet would just be to keep the loan open then and only make the payments and not to pay back in full

The best way to connect and learn is to be in rooms where it's going down.In terms of captial your best bet is to focus on a primary income that cash flow sufficiently, saving as much as you can and doing something real estate related so you can get familiar with the industry.

I bet there were some takeaways looking back. 

Usually its a safer bet.

Yes, I bet there are too many things to learn in REI and there's always something new to learn even for pros.  

Their solution was for me to take over ownership of not one but five homes from Jeff's portfolio, all of which I had sold him and subsequently leased.Despite my being patently unfinanceable, the bank president placed a bet on me because I knew the homes, I knew the tenants, I knew what I was doing, and I was rabidly hungry.

I doubt you'll make 11% with the S&P, but it is probably still your best bet.