It could also be get a read on you if whether you will be malleable and they can manipulate you.

It's called "The Hands-Off Investor:  An insider's guide to investing in passive real estate syndications"I'll show new and experienced passive investors how to find and screen syndication sponsors and investment opportunities, along with a healthy dose of advanced real estate investment analysis (so that passive investors can spot when sponsors are manipulating projections).The book is written, and now in round two of editing. 

If you know that $$ is better put to use working for you as a REI and you have a comfort level in that space, go with it.  401K is a waiting game that has little capability for manipulation of any kind but there is a excellent place for it in a portfolio. 

My first few properties will be in the Tempe AZ area and I'm also looking at FL, TN and Ohio.

In the middle of the summer if you go out an hour or two after dark in the city it is one temp and you can feel the heat radiating off of the block walls and asphalt streets still.

I am in Chandler, and I think the off-season is more muted in Tempe/Chandler/Gilbert.

We spent nearly $15k of our own money to help him and you manipulated him into believing something that wasn't true.  

., and a total different category of person who uses scammy manipulation, lies and intimidation.

Jobs were lost further exacerbating the lending issue by creating a dearth of qualified borrowers.The banksters know this, but they also know that the only factor they can manipulate is the availability of lending.

Birmingham, Atlanta, Indianapolis, Gary (IN), St Louis, Huntsville, Phoenix/Tempe/Mesa, Kansas City, Memphis, Little Rock, Indianapolis, Harrisburg (PA), Greenville, Jacksonville, Tampa, Houston, San Antonio, Little Rock, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, Dayton, Cleveland, Ohio, or other secondary or tertiary markets.