Hello all!

Even if one has to provide the education to some of the parties as to why a particular creative solution makes a win-win-win for all. 

Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies who spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.

You lose all of the control and these are long term investments - but in my experience the returns match what I had on the active real estate and I am hiring professionals to manage the assets.  

Quote from @Somesh Mukherjee: Hi all, I am looking to diversify & add a small apartment (3-4 units) to my portfolio.

It's the best of all worlds with regard to self-directed investing!

Marketing is all about message resonance.

While the debt would whip out most of the profit for 'x' amt of time, it would seem to be logical to take on the risk at a net zero income for x amt of years if after that point, the cashflow is all positive.

Or, ya know, just spend the next 140 hours trying to get a self-study law education followed by another few hundred hours self-study to sort out how to avoid repeating the situation.That's the reality of it all. 

I have a w-2 income and own three properties, all long term rentals, that I've had for a few years.