While I could kick myself now, I view it as an invaluable experience because it put me on the receiving end of a close and gave me direct insight into why people sell homes to investors.

Like Chris said, forget about finding 20 people that have done it - find 5.

Some people will do this with one building, then after a year go out and repeat the process with another property.

Very few people have the ability and the time to work both sides of the transaction.

The vast majority of your wealth gain in real estate will be by holding properties long term and the appreciation/principal paydown will slowly but surely help you become wealthy.For 90% plus of people out there who are looking to start, house hacking is the best way to go.

I would send 10 people into this program. 

But I don’t want to trade my time managing a business for a relatively small net income.The mistake many people make is comparing a real estate investment returns with a real estate business returns.  

I learned that you can really help good people in really unfortunate situations.

I learned that you can really help good people in really unfortunate situations.

I’m saying you have to do more of it on a consistent basis which most people do not have the budget for… I’ve never personally used the fake check mailer.