Like I said, most of these authors/investors talk about going bigger sooner.

In a 1031 exchange, does the replacement property need to be more valuable than the total sale price of the deal I sold (including other investors), or just my individual portion of the investment?

When an individual landlord prices their rental, they do based on what the other ones in the neighborhood have rented for. 

Though if an individual were paying for her or himself, I’d say go with the home-study version for a fraction of the costs of the live seminar….

It's just hard for a lot of people to get there regardless of how talented the individual may be.

If you take the individual investor model, you need to find a Whale.  

By 2030, we want to have grown a portfolio of over 100 units, created a property management company that manages an additional 100-200 units, and, finally (and most importantly), we will have established a non-profit that is focused on quality, affordable housing that specializes in providing housing and resources at/on the "services cliff" alongside financial counseling and first-time home buyer education in our target area.Our target area is the Springfield, MA and Hartford, CT areas with dreams to expand to Central Massachusetts (Worcester, MA), Southern New Hampshire (Nashua, NH), and Southern Connecticut (New Haven, CT).Would love to meet up with likeminded individuals in our area!

I believe sometimes a bad experience is more reflective of the individual than the company. 

Like I said before - if I, as an individual investor, can make the fee payment at once, how can RADD, as an entity with that type of professed liquidity, not refund the exact same amount - not more, not less - at once?

NET 30), etc. and you can use this project-specific agreement as an addendum for individual jobs.Final Tip: Treat the contract as a transparent, collaborative tool to set expectations, not as a "gotcha" document.