Any time you transact with a traditional currency it goes through a very complex series of checks that ultimately are centrally controlled by some government.

Quote from @Jonathan Grzeszczyk: David Greene has a series (Sold, Skilled, Scale) that teaches agents how to run their business like a business.

Currently, this past 2 weeks I've been doing his and Pace's creative fiance series and when I tell you these people are just truly a blessing to the industry it's almost hard to put my gratification into words.

"The indictment describes a series of frauds, false statements and acts of money laundering allegedly committed by the MASTROS.

Uploaded some build series videos for now, but will have some videos up soon discussing how to GC builds and general investment strategy.

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

We want to help you get more of these reps, and we're excited to kick off a brand-new Deal Review Series where experienced LP panels dig into real deals in real time. 

So, lets say they hit a huge series of grand slams and are returning 20% / year annualized.  

@Andrew Watson I have a similar setup - One series LLC to One bank account.

It's not just shorter-term downturns to be aware of, real estate just like the stock market can experience 10 year periods of no growth. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/csushpinsa