Im fortunate with my W2 job (as a union carpenter), where I can listen to podcast basically all day, so bigger pockets rookie has been my life blood.... so I'm learning as much as I possibly can...

Basically, the bathroom has to be gutted and subfloor replaced.

all those things are basically mandatory starting out once you get about 10 years in then basic advertising and most of your bizz should come from referrals.

She’s for real estate (I think market is over inflated) but in the past we use it for rainy day fund vs holding $ for repairs as well as acquiring property via cash to rehab and sell.Regarding equity shares I would read the fine print as from what I have read you basically are selling your sole to those companies for a small payout to start but giving up a ton of equity

You don’t want to have to repair their dishwasher, heat system etc in when you’re putting in a new one, anyway.

The LP's are basically passive investors.

@David Georgeson understand that you are frustrated, upset and basically looking for a scapegoat.Unfortunately, no PMC that knows what they are doing would be responsible for this.How do you realistically expect a PMC to keep someone from breaking into your property and illegally occupying it?

One, some sales training most sales folks in RE have basically zero sales skills.

there are 3 or 4 companies that sell how to programs normally about 2k to 3k.. this will give you the basics.. or you can try to find a used set of books tapes on E bay for 50 bucks or so.

So he basically got a house for free, plus 24k profit to keep for himself.