They hype everything up and use examples of their success stories from their mentorship and how they walk you through everything. 

I get the draw.. the hype etc.. 

But be careful, and find people who know what they're doing.Back in 2007-08, every one and their grandma was getting into real estate, and really savvy investors knew at that time that it was all hype and going to end badly. 

Sell my current primary resident in Edmonds (20 minutes north of Seattle) while the Seattle market is super hyped up right now. ($800K ARV, $470 loan at 2.69%).

Point Breeze has numbers to back up the hype, big reason is that it has exploded by  Ori Feinbush from OCF who can be credited with blowing that neighborhood up, as he is doing with Grays Ferry, specifically evident of the properties closer to 25th street and even more so as you get to close to Washington where you see similar values and new builds as you do in Whitman and Pennsport (just the southern part really a few blocks north of Whitman, you're on point that the rest of Pennsport is better).  

Jj W,First off I want to say that Mark is definitely a salesman and has a product to sell that in my opinion is a little over hyped - ok maybe a lot I don't know.   

I suppose the marketing hype about passive income and relating that to being a landlord has caused this type of thought process.. some landlording can be not real time intensive it really depends on the assets them selves and the tenant base.If i look at clients of mine that i sold larger MF units to here on the west coast that are solid B class.. 

Gary Vaynerchuk has been hyping it too as a useful tool for entrepreneurs.  

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