When the four words in my title here are used, typically you can expect to hear some nostalgic idiot go on about his many cognitive dysfunctions about how wonderful the past was and how hard and miserable times today are.This is not one of those times.What I'd like to ask in this discussion is: what limiting beliefs did you have to eject along the way of your investing journey in order to succeed?

Quote from @April September: I don't drink coffee( never have ) and you suffer from mental illness ,called COGNITIVE DISSONANCE.My post was for the smart people who care about the truth.Enjoy your slavery and your stupidity and don't forget to pay your taxes, mortgage that you never had, " your" car registration and your prepaid utility bills.And of course, don't forget your vaccines. 

Sellers over price the property in their mind and belief, so it requires some negotiations once they are located.There are plenty of properties that have not been on the MLS to buy, but the techniques we use to buy them means we have equity at purchase and we don't need to use banks to do so.It does require capital, and an understanding of what makes for a safe investment.

Save your cash, learn the skill and techniques and learn you market.

Syndications are only suitable to players who have experience with deep due diligence, basic understanding of fraud prevention/detection techniques and enough real estate experience to understand the market, macro economy and how those factors will impact the investment. 

Yes, they fix it pretty fast but what a killer when it breaks down on a D4D session where I now have to revert back to manual techniques. 2.

It's just a technique.

Using high pressure sales techniques, they hock course tracks that include the Private Money Broker Certification, each starting at a "low" price, with an upsell to a higher level (price), leading up to "master" levels for much, much more.

They use various strategies, techniques, etc.  

Google cognitive dissonance and you'll understand the true agenda for their presentation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance"The discomfort is triggered by the person's belief clashing with new information perceived, [or perceived new information, which is neither new nor informative] wherein the individual tries to find a way to resolve the contradiction to reduce their discomfort."