After being offered a promotion without a raise I knew my current job wasn't going to help.

He also promotes a free real estate investing course that seems to have great reviews and is very extensive.

Promoting sentencing guidelines for civil actions is beyond my competence, but some of your comments are inconsistent with my interpretation and experience regarding NC statutes.

Do not promote any products unless they allow it, and only when they allow it.7.  

@Lauren SpeidelYou are correct Lauren you cannot do a 1031 exchange but you can do the following:1) opportunity zone deferral Or2) pay just 15% tax on your net gain and take the rest of the money to invest it in Puerto Rico it anywhere else There are many ways to avoid or defer capital gain taxes but people know only 1031 exchanges rules because that’s what brokers promote to double dip on commissions

Then as Mark Forest and others are promoting, you can ignore the asbestos in the attic until such time as you need to undertake a renovation or pierce the ceiling of the living space below.  

I understand that many of the guru types speak at these meetings, pitch or no pitch, it's still promotional.

I think that I am not supposed to promote companies here. 

People that promote that as a plus usually are people trying to unload unprofitable properties on lazy/novice investors. 

The programs are promoted as a way to improve the quality of rental housing and cut back on blighted properties and/or those with code violations.