Scott's Lish Properties, invest in HML, invest in notes or any countless thing I wanted.

It's good that you see the value in, CFP fee-only advisors now that you've experienced this, I've heard countless horror stories of investors nearing retirement and in retirement getting tangled up in investments that don't fit their needs with large portions of capital that they can never recover from.  

Regardless, I've learned way more from hands-on experiences and the countless self-help books I have in my collection. 

I still made a lot of mistakes, but my investment in my education helped me avoid countless others I would have made.

I have spend countless hours repairing PCs. 3 Years ago, I began to transition to Mac and I am not going back.

I have had countless other clients come to me with similar stories. 

It's essentially a huge scam, the government gets you to give them your phone number and then sells it to countless telemarketers so they can go on harassing you for surveys, votes and newspaper subscriptions.

There are countless articles and videos about this topic.

So you'll get significant cash flow in addition to equity build up. 4- RE in costal CA, Hawaii, NYC has made countless people very wealthy for the above reasons. 

@Chad Kinsley there are countless articles, podcasts, books and resources about STRs, and most are free...a lot of those resources are on BP.