It will scratch if you push a refrigerator across it (ask me how I know this), but the scratch is not deep or very obvious.

The barrier to entry (education, experience, money, connections) do seem to be quite a bit higher to get all of those above mentioned benefits in comparison to opening a brokerage account and purchasing stocks.No essay needed.

Or simply connect with those that provide rentals to OOS investors as I did.

I'm looking to connect with a financial advisor who might be willing to answer some questions about my prospects with a one-year credit history, the tax implications I should be aware of, and so on.

Ideally, we can connect next week and my team and I can provide a free consultation on what may work best for you and your Mom with a few more details, but if I were to take the situation at face value and try and brainstorm an idea. 

If you don't invest in those two activities now, you will be behind.There has never been a better time in the past 10 years to build connections and educate yourself on multifamily.

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I'm wanting to connect with an asset protection specialist to ensure that I have legal entities etc. setup correctly and I'm covering all my bases.

Definitely open to connecting 

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