Great experience all around, your 4 and 7 year olds will benefit from this adventure and having to adapt to a new crowd which will teach them new skills.  

Unlike the usual way of doing this, which can be quite complex, I use a streamlined banking-style approach where you raise capital by offering savings accounts to your investors.

Not a perspective I could teach either.

I've had some discussions with All Cash, are there some others out there who would like to learn/teach?

And on top of that, it'll teach me how to communicate and sell effectively.

In fact you usually get out in half that amount of time, not to mention you can get time served with good behavior & teaching classes!

There is really nothing more I can offer you than what I have already posted earlier.It seems to me that most beginners here at Bigger Pockets refuse to READ, and somehow want the rest of us to "teach" you how to complete deals for you.I understand all about the learning curve.

Many of us including myself talk about our strategies, styles, niches and business model on our website.

I just had to teach my 20-something knucklehead tenant that Q-tips don't go in the toilet.

Then I think after seeing it so much, I've kind of grown tired of it, and just happened across the other style, so thought I'd get some input from others.