@Oliver AlfaroCheck out the "House Hacking" concept here on BP.  

I plan to start by do some reading about the basic concepts, maybe the Rich Dad Poor Dad book.

I agree with the marketing concept itself not being entirely new.

Here's to everyone's success.Cheers,Edward Shin

Also, I wanted to become more capable of understanding different RE terminology and concepts so that I know how to ask the right questions and truly understand how a lot of it works, as before I was just reading most of the posts I would get alerted from my keywords alert setting on BP and was not comfortable becoming actively involved in the conversations because I just did not know enough. 

(I’m kind of kicking myself now for not being aware of the “house hacking” concept touted on here.)I would like to grow a portfolio and cash flow as fast as I can while holding down my full-time job.

I can't comment on the specific form that RealCrowd uses, but the concept sounds familiar.  

Most of those that talk about investing have no concept of what is required in time, money and risk. 

Obviously this is a perfect example and numbers may be inflated, I'm just trying to make sure I grasp the concepts.

Michael, The horrible situation described in the think progress article should be covered under the legal concept of 'lack of foreseesbilty'.I believe the surviving party who's name is on the lease inform the landlord he cannot be held legally responsible for a random act an committed by a government agency who actions resulted in the death of a friend who's presence at the residence at the time could not have been reasonably predicted to have produced an outcome that would have normally resulted in damage to the property owners property.