I didn't think of newspapers...and perfect for older boomers who would likely want to carry...and For rent by owner sounds good too...nice...no magic beans, but sounds like at least seeds to start a garden....

Don't eat your seed.

Seriously, all the other red flags aside, if the tenant were to put in an above-ground poolyou would eventually have to re-sod (or at least re-seed) the footprint left in your lawn.

Is it an easier or tougher environment for regulations and locking down seed capital/investments?

The key is what is your risk level, I agree with your mentor that money pulled in a re finance has to be put back into more property, (otherwise you are eating your seed). 

Who cuts the grass and yesterday I just planted the grass seeds....

I brought it to her like this, what ever profit comes in shall be considered seed money for her daughter and myself future.

I still do it, but as a way of adding cash lump sums (new seed money) to start another string of hold/refis...as many as I want...all from the same lump sum.Flip to hold is the way to gold.However, riches (flip lump sums) have a shelf life.  

I'm gonna plant the seed.

But the second year all the seeds I planted started to show results and I turned my part time gig into a nearly full-time second job selling almost 30 houses in 2015.