My reply is vary simple because I know that what I teach is sound and if I reach a student and they apply their newfound knowledge they will be a success.I am not trying to plug me at all so please do not mis-read this.Education works like this:The university that I went to had some of the best professors around so I chose the best professor for a subject from his credentials, facility, staff and student recommendations and I failed - he did not reach me so I had to repeat the same class but with another professor with less credentials, not liked well from facility, staff and students but you know what, this guy brought it home for me - his teachings clicked with me and I learned more from this one man than I ever did with most of my professors.So, let me boil this down!

And as I've said before, there is nothing wrong with starting a real estate business - Andrew Carnegie once said that 90% of all millionaires became so by owning real estate - but what you are describing is not a passive investment.Our (non-real-estate) business constantly has to be searching for the best sources of internet marketing across the country, have staff to handle the sales process, deal with some staff who are remote (and let me tell you, managing remotely is not always easy), deal with accounting, legal, etc.

Even with full time staff, expenses are running around $15,000 a month.  

I rarely comment on discussion threads, particularly with regards to REIPro, because I believe these boards should be the opinions of users, with discussions uninfluenced by myself or my staff.

Good rates but no supporting staff nor much infrastructure.

Last time I looked, worldwide crude supply was a few million barrels per day ahead of true refiner demand.

We had in house underwriting and a very good support staff.  

"The Property Tax Appeal Board (PTAB) is a quasi-judicial body made up of five Members and a professional staff which serves the Board.

I publish many posts in my Bigger Pockets Blog and over a year ago I tried including my links to them but was warned by the staff that I was prohibited from "advertising/promoting" my articles here.

She was their senior RE staff writer so I couldn't figure out how she didn't know that we don't sell liens at trustee or sheriff's sale here.