Not losing your spot on the compound curve, or put another way, letting your money work in 2 places at once is a central theme with this vehicle. 

 A: In terms of STRs, things used to be a lot more relaxed here and you could get away with more - yurts, campers/trailers, tents, weddings and events, etc. but now they are enforcing everything a lot more than they used to, and that will only continue to happen more in the future.

I have policies on my two children that will pay for their first car, college, weddings, and hopefully first house or a good portion of it.

I was at a wedding in Singapore a few years back and the gentlemen at my table owned 4 manufacturing companies in the US..

The above 4 items are just the largest of many errors in the appraisal but the common theme is that all the errors (minor and major, both substantive to the final value and not) indicate an inaccurate report based on out-dated information that leads to performing a grossly negligent assignment. 

People thought I was nuts (can you tell that there's a theme here lol), because most investors wouldn't set foot in the neighborhood.

I appreciate the analysis, but you are commenting on a line inside a 100 post thread and missing the theme about what the value means in this context.Account Closed totally fair points and the Bro Investor does not affect me at all.

The common theme is that partners' goals should line up as closely as possible. 

My fiancé and I are currently living with relatives while we save for our wedding and first house next spring/summer.

The overall theme of this thread is whether one should spend any money at all on a mentor.90% or more of these deals go through brokers one way or another.. if the 20k is to learn how to buy off market and you are not using a broker well then yes its cheap.. but there is no mystery to this..