Note: I understand you are not giving me legal and tax advice via the internet forums and take it as such and will consult my own accountant.

If I wanted to get 100 doors in the next few years, I bet I could -- but you can bet many of those deals would be thin.

Not a lot of info on the internet about these that I can find at this time...

There are plenty of them in the internet marketing community, which he's a proud member of.As others have said, you have to vet people carefully.

It might work for LTRs but not for STRs.Your best bet is to keep a good maintenance fund ready to go to cover repairs.The most important thing is regular maintenance.

People love to talk it up on an Internet board but will never hop on a live or recorded call that would be broadcast to the same people they are trying to impress.

Would be happy to chat to go into more details about subdivisons.All in all, I think a house hack in a good area of town is a great bet to get started.

All the internet information that you can find won't help you if a lender can't work with you.

I did a cursory internet search when they contacted me and the relatively high ratings and apparently legitimate business structure made me unwary of them being dishonest.

Further, there are a wide spectrum of lenders that can range from very good to very bad among lenders that brand themselves as "Private Money" "Hard Money" or "Private Lenders"Your best bet is likely to follow reviews and like you've been doing now with partnerships that you trust, but your instinct is right to have relationships with multiple lenders and options.