But not without reason. 

To become a true business owner or investor, you need to leverage your time through others.

Similarly, a credit report fee upfront is reasonable, but these can often be avoided as well.

There are several reasons why it makes sense to market to sellers instead of buyers.

Nouveau Riche is the same even though I don’t think it is a true pyramid (not too sure though) they get you interested by advertising “RE investor looking for apprentice: 20,000.00†If you take the ad at face value one would be led to believe the “investor†was going to pay you a salary to help him with his business and teach you the ropes.

That is one of the main reasons that I’m so skeptical. 

I have an opportunity to get into a property that doesn’t have any true equity, but the terms are really good.

Maybe the reason you disagree with the dollars is that you are comparing a cash on cash rate of return with actual dollars.

BUT, let’s say for personal reasons you want to “stretch” for faster wealth accumulation.  

The reason most inexperienced investors buy in Detroit or Cleveland is because of cheap pricing.