I think that the ability to get paid when you need to do either one of those is not talked about enough.

@Cody Baum - Can you become an investor focused agent and get practice in real estate without it being your own money? 

Quote from @Mikal Toliver: It’s an exciting time go learn, understand, and practice real estate estate investing.

I guess to get a definite answer I'll have to cold call to get see if all these people are behind on their payment or it's just a standard practice behind some salesmen!

We completed our taxes and got the K-1s out at the beginning of March before the lockdowns started.As far as bad news, best practice is to communicate it along with what you're going to do to minimize or mitigate the impact as much as possible.

Also, the ability to find good deals with an accurate budget to complete the project up front from some good project managers/general contractors.

right now Im practicing comping 3 random tips as a newbie? 

I've been analyzing a couple deals in the OH market recently to get some practice (my research tells me it's one of the few decent cash flowing markets).

Allows you to keep your current portfolio with the ability to access $ to fund projects. 

I did not put any of his info into practice and stopped listening to the podcasts after a while because lease options didn't really appeal to me, but he seemed like a decent guy and the podcast had a lot of value at no cost.