Jerry Norton is a predator scam artist every body dont buy his garbage.LOLThis guru debate will go on and on.An investment of time/money/effort is required in real estate investingIts the "success tax" or the "10000 hour rule" at play, we all have to PAY on the way to success  

(If curious, my residential real estate investor clients from 10 years ago [you can find my 10 year old bigger pockets dot com posts :], at the time buying up 2-4 unit properties, a lot of them are now done with the 'human' tenants and want to 1031 into something that is ACTUALLY passive, so yes Starbucks comes up, thus I watch it).In my case I zoomed all the way into a specific brand (which then allows me to make very sweeping generalizations across an entire state -- but still not the entire country), I'm not suggesting you do that, but SOME of the variables need to be narrowed down, before you can gain any useful insights. 

I think it is human nature to feel like we need to get the best deal with the best/highest "immediate return".

If you are just a warm body with 80k and no applicable skillset, I wouldn't bother.

- To actually make money investing in S8 rentals, you'll need to develop a thick skin, so you can make business decisions that often conflict with one's humanity tendencies.DM us if you'd like to discuss more.

If it's a layered LLC, most lenders will need to trace a warm body on the operating agreement which will involve a bit more paperwork trail.

Be a human being first, a landlord second and an investor third. 

There will always be some uncontrollable variables because you’re dealing with both the human element with renters and houses are basically living creatures themselves and it’s not always possible to predict when big expenses will arise.

That is because housing is a fundamental human need.

He muses upon the importance of beauty, specifically in architecture, for the human soul.