To me it seems like best is in the eye of the promoter for their intended purpose for the raise.

I'll talk about a deal or method I use or make comments, but never are any intended to brag about myself, I know it sounds that way at times (making a shorter comment to type, usually) but I really dislike self promotion.....personally.You probably won't ever see any real educator pushing thier Principles of Real Estate text books, or in any other subject.

I do want my business to promote the community, so I especially like your business plan!

Being part of the remodeling industry, I tend to feel that if a contractor offers free estimates, perhaps they are going through a promotion or simply put, they are lacking jobs.

Contrary to popular belief, being labeled a "dealer" doesn't mean that all your properties are subject to ordinary income; likewise, not being labeled a dealer doesn't mean that all of your properties are subject to capital gains.Each property will need to stand on its own merits, and the determination of whether a particular property should be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains will be made based on the intent of the transaction, not a "dealer" label applied to a business or individual.That said, if you are labeled a "dealer," you may find that you have a higher bar set for declaring one of your properties to be an investment as opposed to inventory.

It doesn't scale to 250-500K houses.Personally I think BP promoting the 2% rule does more harm than good in that it scares off a lot of new investors that cannot find a house that meets the criteria in their market.

At the same time, I agree with you Mark Ferguson - I think a lot of people buy into the belief that simply buying it will make them successful, but they totally overlook the actual "work" aspect of it.

"Syndications" are a common way for a "promoter" (you) to put together a deal.

Annette Hibbler Shhh, please stop promoting SE Michigan.

You would only have to drive to Trona, or many places on the eastern side of the Sierras, to see the fallacy of that belief.