Through trial and error I have now have a good group of tenants.Marc

I did it by trial and error.

A little about me – I’m married with a bunch of kids and live in Missouri.I’ve worked my day job for that last near 20 years, with a few side hustles and saved every year.Last year I pulled a chunk of my savings, 250k+, from the stock market and started investing in real estate – private lending, crowd lending, and crowd equity stuff.My wife has been a lurker on BP for some time and from that excellent information we found good opportunities.I also tried dabbling in the residential market too and I think I may have gotten myself into a bind.I partnered with a real estate agent / contractor in San Antonio Texas that buys, rehabs, and then owner finances homes in the low end market.I did a trial deal on a small home for 70k.The rehab came in higher than planned and took longer.Then the house didn’t sell for a while.Meanwhile my agent/contractor rarely communicated with me, not returning emails, calls or texts.

I believe I have some great information to share on this site based on experience, education and trial and error.

Its only been a couple of weeks so i am trial and error rite now.   

Steve - Sorry, we don't offer any kind of trial at this time.

On one hand, most of my accomplishments have been self-motivated and through "trial-by-fire", and I'm ok with taking my bumps and creating my business as a one man show, for now (although I'm hardly a spring chicken).  

Some platforms allow a trial period (lead pro and realeflow do for sure; rebo does NOT, but they will schedule a personal demo for you).

I did the free trial thing and thought it was pretty user friendly.

As you eluded to, the process seems very straightforward with a basic recipe to follow, but I think many aspiring syndicators underestimate the trials and tribulations we are faced with on a daily basis up until closing.