Brandon,My business model is to work with for profit and non-profits institutions to find what is sometimes referred to as "group homes" where 3 or 4 room mates live together with varying degrees of support from the institution up to 24/7 staffing.

I would highly encourage you to work with a whole-seller and would discourage the mentorship model.

A lot of people also suggest wholesaling as a way to build up cash reserves to move on to other endeavors ... or maybe you wind up liking wholesaling as a business model and stay with that.Good luck w/whatever direction you head!

I am also working on some hard money with these guys and will have a thorough plan and model to bring to the table by the time I do.

In my area No Illinois, you can buy a 67% efficient gas HW heater for about the same as a normal one, yet the 67% efficient model the gas company will provide $100 rebate.

If you look at successful franchise offerings, you can't go wrong with McDonald's Hamburger University model!

The time spent on that you could probably do 5 times more business with your specific business model.

Stan Love talked about his business model of buying land/home packages then renting them out.

While I'm not going to comment on their business models (they often make bad investments), they are extremely competitive because they have the ability to leverage large amounts of (borrowed) capital.Donald Trump is another good example.

Buying and holding isn't their model.