If you are going to pick and hire an asset protection lawyer, do your homework and ask questions.

Then a year later, when I learned they still have over 30 vacant condos, I figured I pick up another one for $40K, but this time the real estate agent said, they're going for $65K now.

We had to figure it out and we succeeded...sometimes better than those replaced and sometimes worse depending on the person who left and the person picking up the responsibility. 

Actually I almost spit my coffee out this morning as there is a guru in the "pick what I am selling today space" who claims to make close to six figures a year in passive income and was saying they made their money from investing in notes - and I saw them make a post today that "this is the reason I no longer do notes" in another thread.

Hey Golan,Over my 20 years in real estate investing, I’ve found that it’s crucial to pick a lane—either focus on cash flow or appreciation.

FIG picks locations with great upside. 

The monthly rent to purchase price is typically 0.8 percent.As a first step, I was only looking to be able to find better deals which have a nicer rent to price ratio [once the deal is done, a PM company can pick up from there].

Pick your plan, look into the Kansas City area, use market comparisons, check your money power, look into loan options, put together a team, check cash flow, ROI, and Cap Rate, and make your bid after careful checks and talks.

I believe we'll see an uptick of supply as we see an unemployment pick up for various reasons.

The basic idea is to pick an "area" of focus that you want to own/dominate by doing consistent marketing over a long period of time.