In both areas an investor has to do adequate due diligence to figure out where to put their money and can't just rely on sponsor marketing.Personally I don't think crowdfunding (and old-school syndications) need to become more like public markets for better protection (as those markets are afflicted with their own fraud problems).

I will occasionally bring in some of my favorite investors to speak & I assure you they are real investors & not a salesman or saleswoman afflicted with "big hat no cattle syndrome."

Some folks on BP are still doing lease/options in Texas, which suffer from the same affliction.

If your policy is to accept applicants with "income that is 3 times the rent", then define how you interpret "income" (e.g. income is W-2 wages excluding bonuses and overtime) you won't have to deal with tenants afflicted with what you call "absurd" disabilities.

This book is worth its weight in gold, and is something that I will continue to re-read throughout my career(along with my Real Estate Fundamentals and Practices book).I was also pleased to find out that all proceeds of the book sales goes to fund Alzheimer's research(my uncle suffer's from this terrible affliction).I thought I would share my impression of this outstanding book, as I found that it assembled all the pieces of the real estate puzzle for me.Thank you to Rich Weese for sharing your years of successSebastian

And congrats to your mentally defective landlord or his similarly-afflicted property manager for putting a family of six over a single guy in an over-under duplex.

In addition to obtaining the agreement to follow the Posted Rules for Entry and the prevention plan, the visitor assumes the risk of entering the property and the visitor attests they are not, to the best of their knowledge, afflicted with COVID-19, among other things.  

.”-- Herman Melville"Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and so let your hand give in proportion to your purse.” -- George Washington

All so that the landlord can feel he's a good person.For broke people, Christmas is a time of extraordinary monetary stress and the same depression that afflicts everyone else.

If my understanding of the world, my affliction, was diabetes, then podcasts and the recommended books of how to escape “the rat race” was insulin.