The Fund of Funds is a concept I want to dig into.

Renting an apartment for a year allows savings and familiarity with real estate concepts, but still requires rent payments.

(An exception is if you own 5% of the company you work for)Agree, this is a great summary post on REPS with core concepts on how to qualify. .I think the complexity comes in when people have edge cases - it becomes difficult to write a simple short post that educates everyone.

In several California cities there is this concept of 'banked rent'; that is rent increases from past years that were not applied.

Help me get this concept clear in my head, should I BRRRR and build a portfolio of 30 homes or build these one at a time as my other sources of income allow. 

It took awhile to catch on, and it was the likes of airbnb and VRBO that took this concept to a new level with global exposure. 

I can't connect you with IRA/401k lenders, but certainly you can educate folks on this concept.

I love this concept!

Two syndications with 12% return, great management track records, everything the same except the deal itself.Everyone above has given you a good breadth of concepts, so these fit your concept of passive?  

Buy one investment to prove the concept.