Thank you for all your advice and inspiration!

I'd also like to share some of the extra informative women on BP that I've been following over the years, in case you find them as helpful in the future as I have:@Brie Schmidthas been inspiring to me, as another young investor breaking free with RE to travel and enjoy life :)  @Elizabeth Colegroveis a super sharp landlord with a BP blog I got to see again in person recently :) @Marcia Maynardwas nice enough to come out to speak at my Summit in SF as a great landlord (and person) and one of the prolific female landlord contributors to BP.

s Socialist Republic structure is Greece, where founder's took inspiration from in designing and forming this form of governance.

You'll see I'm all about paying it forward, being transparent & authentic, and inspiring others to create real wealth through holding rental real estate.

BTW, PV is currently hawking a "we partner with you" scheme that will cost $9500!

What inspired you to do that versus focusing on one or two specific markets? 

Very disappointed to read this thread .I learned from Scott a lot, in fact I was inspired by his vast knowledge and call for action and became an educator myself.I think vetting business partners as well as vendors is crucial in our business, and apparently being a good educator doesn't guaranty a good investment manager.

Disclaimer: this post may or may not have been inspired wholesale from me stealing ideas from a mortgage client (but not a car wash in Georgia, so you are not their competition).

Our strategy. a.  We

. -- 5% might not sound too crazy, but A) We don't have February numbers yet and B) The trajectory is upward.