But we cannot make you a part of a GP upfront because we don't know if you can really raise the money".So, this is a classical Catch-22 problem: how do I prove to them that I can raise a stated amount if I cannot tell prospective investors that I am raising money for such-and-such deal and I can definitely not advertise?

It's become a classic case of just because you can doesn't mean you should.

welcome Alex, I have a few classics of landlord lit (of lost interest to the buy and type) that you could probably get there at the library (free) and work into your reading...great post!

For an investor to compare any two properties offered by two different companies using the word Turnkey to describe their offering, they really have to dig deep into their due diligence rather than just assume that both are the same because they use the word Turnkey.I have read a lot of @Caleb Heimsoth's posts on here and I will agree with a little sliver of what he said, although over-all I think he makes the classic mistake that too many others make.  

That's classic.

I was going to start with the classic Absentee owners and was hoping to filter it down a bit by type of property and amount of time owned.  

I'm gathering my data from local sources, being the Commercial Recorder and the classics (county probate records).  

The classic real estate investing book (for residential real estate) of all time is Bill Nickerson's "How I turned $1000 into $3 Million Investing in Real Estate - In My Spare Time".

Great Anthony - thanks for your thoughts.Meanwhile, this classic scene from The Goonies articulates my point.

A classic example is banks saying that we cannot do a leaseback to the homeowners but now, they have suddenly realized that a foreclosure to rental program saves them loads of money on the long run.