I recommend putting all your personal real estate in blind trusts.

Show Me the Money: How To Stop Flying Blind and Master The Art Of Tracking Income and Expenses In Your Real Estate BusinessWe’ve all heard the statistics about the large number of businesses that fail in the US every year.

But, I've been wrong many times, before.You have to be super careful when listening to people at meetups and most meetups are 'The Blind Leading The Blind' when it comes to advice and opinions.

@Jonathan Greene I do agree with you that I see way too many agents just blindly posting listings on social media.Personally I am only looking to provide value with things like market insight and investing education, similar to @Justin Phillips' point. 

The apartment never had blinds or ceiling fans and it’s simply not worth the cost to install.

What kind of blind statement it is to say that Bay Area does not cash flow.Just purchase 4 properties this year alone, one in Central Valley, one in east bay, one on peninsula, and one in Santa Cruz.

I'm all for jumping into something and not getting "paralysis by analysis", but at the same time don't go in blind.

Your getting a lot of feedback, which is great, but rather being blindly swayed by it, any of it mine included, next you gotta do your research to decide who's feedback and opinions matter, and who's is just chatter. 

A lot of us were starting blind pre-BP with no way to reach out for feedback or a shoulder and family telling us we were crazy. 

I feel like I'm flying blind on screening the immigrants who may have similar financial issues that I can't uncover.