The resources on BP, as you know, are incredible.

I've had great luck building strong teams that accomplished incredible things in my professional life and am hoping to do the same thing in this arena.Thanks for reading and best of luck to you with your investing goals!

It's an asset that produces an NOI, thus there are cap rates; or do you just mean that there aren't traditional benchmarks?

I go to the meetups and find them to be incredibly productive, if you're measuring your productivity in pints of beer per evening.All kidding aside, I just completed a deal with a fellow BP member who I met at the local meetups.  

@Frank BoetI only invest about 10% of my retirement funds in metals since it is not an income producing asset like rental real estate but I still want to diversify my portfolio.

I know what prices to buy at and what prices to anticipate selling at... and can produce credible reports to support the numbers.If I can be of any assistance, please don't hesitate to reach out to me. 

They are produced weekly and you can find the old ones on iTunes.  

Detroit never stop producing revenue because Detroit has always had people that own and run businesses.

If it is so incredible (based on your findings), all you need to do is "show" them and you should be good!! 

I started with a 43k HELOC on my primary residence.Starting with 5k or 10k is going to be incredibly difficult if you're looking to buy and hold and don't have any partners.