This question is one that has been asked and answered like a billion times, but the search on here isn't the greatest.The short version is - unless you have cash to buy or are getting a DSCR loan or buying a commercial property, you aren't starting an LLC to put this in.

Any way I bought a Toyota 4 runner off road version for those fishing missions.

On propertyfinder.ae (non-mobile version) in the price graphs for areas like JLT, Marina from May 2021 I see price/sqft appreciating from 12 to 14%.

Not saying there financials are not good, but usually if someone is not submitting them and freezing withdrawals there is a reason for it....TLDR version: Do not expect your $5k back and write it off as a lesson learned and would not spend anymore $ or time trying to chase it.

The short version: save money while educating yourself on how to invest in real estate wisely, buy an investment property, learn how to manage it well while educating yourself on how to manage it better, save money . . . rinse and repeat.You don't mention where you are (education, income, experience, etc.) or where you want to go, so I can't tell you how to get there.

I debunked literally every version of this hocus pocus strategy in a shared Google Sheet.

Yeah but the much earlier versions.

Some Excel files that my 15yo daughter could have done a better job putting together and when we ask questions we are given the shuffle around, no one … and I mean NO ONE will give us a straight answer … I feel like we have just been sucked into the 2020's version of a new age cult!

Now do you understand his version of "gator lending"?  

There is an app but it’s quite rudimentary so if you need anything detailed it’s better to just use the web version.