Quote from @Mikal Toliver: It’s an exciting time go learn, understand, and practice real estate estate investing.

I guess to get a definite answer I'll have to cold call to get see if all these people are behind on their payment or it's just a standard practice behind some salesmen!

right now Im practicing comping 3 random tips as a newbie? 

I've been analyzing a couple deals in the OH market recently to get some practice (my research tells me it's one of the few decent cash flowing markets).

There's no need to change business practices because of what these guys have done.

I had done extensive reading and research on best practices and entity implementation that would best meet my specific needs.  

Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.

A lot of education and a little bit of practice is something that one can accomplish with elbow grease. 

Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.

The bottom line is this: Concealment is not asset protection, proper (time consuming and expensive, I know) management, and good, prudent, practices (ditto), WHICH ARE ADHERED TO, and insurance (expensive), are needed for asset protection.