As a capital raiser for an experienced sponsor I can tell you that sponsors need capital to do deals, more and bigger deals, and the ones coming out of clubs like Brad have a ready audience where they can raise capital w/n 24 or 48 hrs based on Brad stamping it w/his approval.  

Can your tenants handle mailing you the rent if you provide them addressed stamped envelopes?

Imagine the chaos that would occur instantly if union workers were asked to reduce wages, unemployment checks or food stamps were stopped, or government employee checks were late.

each person will give you a different response. depends on your experience, your skill level and your number crunching abilities.i'd do 10-15 cosmetic rehabs before jumping into a full gut. the margin of error is huge on the gut jobs. you may lose your shirt, credit, marriage, etc if you "think you know what you are doing".my honest opinion...what's all.

They have a course set up here and hey free shirt... possibly you could all go and get one below is where you'd askhttp://primal-fitness.com/index.php/faqSingle Session Drop-In- $20 for out of town Crossfit athletes (Includes a Primal T-shirt), Free for active duty military, law enforcement or rescue personnel.I suggest this if it’s on a weekend :http://primal-fitness.com/index.php/sign-up-for-classes/parkour Parkour Drop-in Training and Open GymsThe American Parkour Academy offers training sessions available to anyone for drop-in, and open gym times for those parkour practitioners who are more self-directed.The Saturday Parkour Open Training is a 2-hour session led by an instructor and comprising a complete parkour training session including a warm-up, technique and skill work, challenges, and some free time to explore the course.The session is $25 for non-members and $15 for those registered in monthly parkour.Every Saturday from 10am-Noon.

I've asked about moving the properties OUT of the LLC, but my lawyer says, "hey, you'll probably be ok, but there are several scenarios where you could lose your shirt."

... or you laugh your behind off regularly watching HGTV, especially when they run the numbers for the flipping show, and when they cut to the scene of the "flipper" host laying tile and it is readily apparent to an experienced eye that it was the first tile they ever laid, and cut to the next scene with a perfectly pressed and clean shirt with no sweat or grout, and then cut to the next scene when they went over budget and come up with the brilliant solution of "No problem, we'll just list it for more", and then they magically get that inflated price every time ... now that's entertainment!

I grew up on food stamps here. 

IMO a more meaningful measure is: sales data from the same uniform subdivision, sales at arms length, year over year transactions, prices by square foot not absolute tax stamp sales data.

Got three birddog deals under my belt and just started back in real estate after setting up my custom t-shirt and graphic business.