But given our tribe's tendency to skirt the rules and believe in the magical powers of "I will just tell the IRS..." - it's a slippery slope. 

Daniel, The area at and around Thorn Lake is truly magical.

@Bill Brandt where is this magical land where no natural disasters exist?!

IMO your safety from an investor standpoint comes with building a large portfolio.If you can keep it "under the same roof" even better.Less people to speak with and less drama with logistics and correspondence.The bigger the portfolio, the safer and the better ROI will be long term.Our most unsatisfied investors are the one's that own 1-2 properties and get pissed off with me and my company if they go vacant.Unfortunately, turnkey providers aren't magicians or God and can't wave a magic wand and turn 2 properties into 10 over night lolFolks that own 7-8 or 10+ properties with us aren't bothered if 1 or 2 are vacant, as the others are still performing and cover any losses on those that aren't.Thanks and much success

He’ll then magically appear one day and have workers do things but he isn’t there to verify the work.

Describe a magical tool that would solve the most challenging part of real estate investing.Thank you for taking the time to read this.

And these people, I don't want to learn from.Bonus third: you have people that are truly active in the business who are using mentorships to "teach people" how to raise money, and magically, those people are provided the opportunity to raise money for that gurus deal.  

Not saying all but a big percentage.50 to 60 year olds might have a cell phone and be on the computer30 to 40 year old familiar with zoom meetings, texting, cell phone, computerskids to 20 year olds embracing group text, videos, all emerging technology etc.Of course this is not an absolute but in general as the age goes up the use of technology goes down.I could retire today if I wanted to and live off of the money the rest of my life. 48 years old now.Any industry out there has a certain golden age run up where those get in with the right timing and determination can do something magical.

Nothing magic just took cues from how mortgages are done.

The magical power of a personal guarantee by an officer of the company is that it aligns the spending preferences of the company with those of the guarantor, which will just happen to align with your preferences.Truly an amazing power, in my opinion.