I'm currently a minor league baseball player, and I'm looking to mainly utilize the buy-and-hold strategy to create wealth from rentals.

There are definitely players in all of the commercial spaces who are going to do great no matter what type of asset class they are in.

Hey @Ashwin Abichandani - If you are looking for education and training I'd recommend working with one of the big players like Keller Williams or Coldwell Banker.We should definitely connect...I have a Chicago brokerage that I keep on the low low. 

@Bill Gulley  I'm with you, these big players are drawing a lot of attention and will result in more regulations. 

I was really skeptical then and now that, that time period is over you see who the REAL PLAYERS are in the game.

As a new player most if not all lenders are going to want you to have some money in the deal.

You may not know this, not only is Scott a Rugby Player (Who gets injured often :) ), he is also a pretty cool author.

Generally speaking any state that uses Trust Deeds  with the power of sale .. is much safer to lend in vis a vi a default .. then a state that uses Mortgages and Sherrifs sales or court confirmations.. those can take a long time and COST a bunch.For instance in Mississippi I can foreclose start to finish in less than 90 days for under 1,200 dollars.if I want a judgement against the borrower as well.. ( called dual action ) and done in Texas a bunch that's another 1,500. on top of it as you need to go to court to get the judgement.however loans to KNown players who are very good at what they do. and yes it can be quite passive there are many deals I do that I don't work more than 15 minutes on.. and will make 10s of thousands in points and interest.there are deals I have done that took 15 minutes and I lost 10S of thousands.. its all about your borrower and your collateral.

YUp its a well known business model.advertise on SM  TV Radiocome to free one hour eventpay for 2k  3 day course  up sell hard.pay 30k for the full course. its how the industry works.. not all but all of the big players follow the exact same script. 

However, my credit is not great and I do not have verifiable income as I am a professional poker player.