When I stopped, I was much happier, but of course I had to fill the void with real relationship building and real marketing.I also noticed by discontinuing the fake laughs and BS, people noticed I was being true to myself, and my realtionships were more meaningful (and yes, meant more referrals).Don't give in to gurus.

I spend my morning and evening commute listening to podcasts and came across Bigger Pockets podcasts after Fortune Builder’s free seminar sparked my interest in real estate investing.

Go, meet and go with the objective of making one meaningful connection.

I asked the BP forum to gather knowledge, and the replies have actually sparked some great ideas for other investors I work with. 

Anyway, thanks for sparking an interesting discussion. 

I sparked interest in real estate investment just recently and I am very excited to learn the basic fundamentals and with due time begin to get my feet wet! 

When Portland did something similar, it sparked an ADU boom. 

There are too many unknown details here to give you much of a meaningful response, especially if SEC rules are in play here.

Best to always identify quantities and tasks to improve and then plug in some meaningful allowances for each if you can?

For good measure, the new investor could put in $10,000 of their own capital to show that they are going in with what they can reasonably afford, so that they have meaningful skin in the game as well.