You can also take a car ride and travel to Dallas, Houston or Austin.I think NYC is a good city if you want to work and make a lot of money. 

They are intent on collecting money before there is any property cash flow and less interested in doing the job they are hired for.

Forget the course and put that money on a quality vacation short-term rental.  

Best I can tell all in all we about 3X cash on cash over 5 years.infil lots depending on lot we could double our money in 9 to 12 months cash on cash.. so on and so forth.

You will have to source these properties from a wholesaler, where you will have to put down hard non refundable assignment money at the assignment of the contract, or source them yourself.The steps to follow for a subject 2 property are as follows:1.

Real estate investing is forgiving; the average person can still make money even with some big mistakes.

The owners who switch to a PM come to me for the same reasons Drew said above.It is not rocket science, most folks hit a point where they no longer want to trade their time for money. 

Long story short, it has been over a year and the project remained incomplete and he walked away with the money.

Question: Should I collateralize the loan (if using private or hard money), or rely on roll-over loans (to maximize the lower points and 3-4% rate)?

They have stolen my money as well as hundreds of others.