Caution is emphasized repeatedly, not to do deals with those you don't know, not to enter anything without good representation of YOUR interests, and not to do anything yourself until you're sure of your knowledge.  

@Brittany KingHi Brittany, the post above offers several great points but I really wanted to emphasize the importance of watching out for hidden fees.

Can’t emphasize that enough. 

To emphasize the importance of this skill, he was utilized by many of his friends to expand their American banks and private equity firms to capitalize on other markets internationally and successfully did so.

And I can't emphasize that enough.

I disagree  Not 'against' a process that's hundreds of years old as long as there is full disclosure.Hard money risks aren't emphasized enough. 

My guess (emphasize guess) is any funds you personally disbursed are considered a capital contribution.

I say that in jest, but want to emphasize the point that nobody has a crystal ball, and anything can happen, and while it looks like Trump will landslide in 2020... you can expect an absolute blood bath in 2024.

I have a college education of business that emphasized real estate.  

<< -- Reed perhaps fails to understand that if someone has read 20 books on real estate investing, the 21st book will cover much of the same ground but in different words.Having read a great many books myself, I am indeed happy to uncover one new idea in the next book I read.As has been emphasized repeatedly on this site, the fundamentals of investing succesfully in real estate are relatively simple, but putting them into actual practice is often very difficult.