And then on top of that, you still need to pass the trade exam. 

Meetups are the best for meeting people of all trades in Real Estate and it’s a safe environment. 

Across the board, the worse the neighborhood, the better the cash flow, the better the neighborhood, the trade off for tenants base, better schools, low crime, etc etc.

While these eat into returns, many investors find the trade-off worth it for the passive income and simplicity.3.

Inspectors always make things sound really bad, that's their stock in trade.

Private placements are inherently risky by that very fact - they are not regulated or audited  to the degree that a publicly traded company is.  

IRS pub 425 says, "Passive activities include trade or business activities in which you don't materially participate.

I am a digital marketer by trade so I wanted to see their sales funnel and also legitimately learn more about the program.If I could choose one word to describe my experience it would be Disappointment.So why was I disappointed and why am I even writing this review?

There are trade off marketing channels such as cold calling and mass SMS. 

To provide an example, I was previously employed in the legal department of HHM, which at the time was a an affiliate management company of a publicly traded hotel development/operation company where we managed  the portfolio of  hotels as well as provided 3rd party management services.