Good luck and I'll let you know if I come up with any other brilliant ideas. :0)

These people are clearly the victim of some brilliant guru who told them how to retire early/escape the rat race/be their own boss/etc, but forgot to mention the part about it being really tough, and like 95% of people (rough estimate just from my brief experience here on BP) fail. 

A special thank you to those who did so without making me feel stupid and praising yourself for being so brilliant in the meantime but instead actually was humble, admitting your own mistakes and helping me learn from them. 

@Andrew PostellThis is brilliant. 

I have an idea that is either crazy or brilliant, and would like feedback.Nutshell: Find older (70+) cash-strapped homeowners with lots of equity who want to stay in their home.

Many of the OG investors I know have held for a long-time and now their investments look brilliant with paid off/cash-flowing properties with a ton of equity.

The software in the lock and on their web site then uses this matching code as a hash to generate guest (and/or long term maintenance or housekeeping) codes based on time/date/duration.It's a really brilliant system, and one of the few that I've found that don't require Internet access or monthly fees.

Brilliant!!

@Gary Hurst Brilliant quote

@Ruth Bayang  slight difference is they will also put up 80% of the money for you as long as you roll into a HML with them.. they make a TON on these deals.. they make the bid fee.. they make a hard money loan then they list back.I was close to starting the same model in pdx but the 08 GFC derailed me.. its a brilliant model they have an UBER profitable...