There is a theme of a lack of due diligence, reserve capital, budgeting in general, tenant screening, location, inspections, leverage, property managers and just a variety of general amateur mistakes/learnings...

@Maurice Giro one thing to keep in mind, if you are considering jumping into syndication, is that during markets like the one that we’re in, what it does is it sifts out the professionals from the amateurs.

Good stuff - I will be interested especially in the Short Term Rental space - the constantly predicted "AirBnBust" these last two years has simply not materialized (mostly due to the fact that most of these borrowers are locked in at 30-year fixed low rate debt from '20 or '21.)Lot of people caught up in the hype (amateurs) maybe will look to "get out" in 2023 with a somewhat drop in rates and stableish prices - lots of professional STR investors on the sidelines ready to come in - could be a robust market again as the march toward consolidation/institutionalization of STRs continues

But a "quick" sale to amateur investors who just paid for a course organized around the guru model advertised on a cheap wordpress website?

Hello,I am upstate NY amateur investor in quality single family homes. 

But I’m nervous to invest their money as I’m pretty new and an amateur to investing.

I know of at least six offices that have started offering property management and I need to educate other agents that there's a difference between what I do and what the amateurs do.

`I remember seeing the materials he was giving out as templates in one of his first note camps and it looked so amateur-ish it completely turned me off to his info products.

@Sanket PatkeHello, I am an amateur investor, can you help me understand how NEGATIVE cash flow, still gets you a 9% ROI?

Quote from @Yongming Huang: Others are giving some decent answers, but I really think it's because our market is saturated with amateurs and part-timers.Let's say there are 1.5 million agents.