I have been interested in REI for 7+ years, have been a landlord for 4+ years, but in all reality, if I put all of that same energy back into my work career instead, I would probably be financially further down the road.

Hey congratulations,@Glenn McCrorey You are truly an inspiration to all that goals set are very achievable if you stay focused and in time your goals will become reality. 

Just seems to reflect the reality of generally tight market conditions across most of the U.S. currently, tough to find higher returns.

Maybe you like the risk, but good and great investors don't try stuff like you suggest.Although @Dan H. states some good new legal points, the reality of this is closer (IMO) to what @Bruce Lynn is projecting.

In reality my money is paying to finish the last guys work. 

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Going from 4 to 2 is still speculation from the market; the reality is Jerome has to analyze each months' CPI & unemployment deeper in 2025 than in 2024.

If they do not qualify because of poor credit or income issues compared to being self employed etc there are differences - but typically people don’t qualify due to poor credit and people will seller finance to these borrowers thinking they woke up at a holiday inn and got a finance degree when in reality they repeat their past mistakesRemember the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result

The reality is the opposite - if it's not in writing then the PMC doesn't have to provide the service or can charge extra for it!

The reality is that makes the LLC easily pierceable, thus giving you no protection.