Its not as easy but once you are up in running you are building a brand, equity in your business, and also constant flow of leads.

Personally I think Josh himself is innocent but the company definitely is involved in shady and deceptive business practices.

We would love to connect with investors, as well as investor-friendly realtors and property managers in the northern Alabama region.Any insights into the local market or recommendations for neighborhoods to explore further would be greatly appreciated.

I will be able to log the 50% time of business use.

Anything you do remote will come at a cost of operational inefficiencies and a higher cost of doing business.

I love learning ideas to make my business better from other local investors.

And while I agree that debt is often the cheapest form of capital, if you are looking at a project that involves some form of value-add business plan, you can always refi either when rates come down or you have increased the yield on the asset to exceed your interest rate.But like Stuart noted, for many groups, even the most seasoned syndicators, raising call cash for their deals is effectively impossible.  

Have you investigated any local rental ordinances?

Most of these course instructors aren't qualified to teach anything but the most elementary real estate concepts and try to make their courses more marketable by teaching concepts they have no business teaching. 

I'm a local Denver agent primarily, but I'm familiar with some of the challenges up in the mountains because no deals make sense running the quick math.