However, I was listening to episode #448 of the bigger pockets podcast last night.

Thanks one of the podcast episodes talked about true passive income and syndicates was one of those.

I am traveling to the Seattle Washington area in ~late August, early September to produce 12 episodes of this YouTube show and I'm looking for motivated guests to share their story. 

I just watched BP episode 685 and was very impressed.

I'm listening to your podcast daily (about 40 episodes deep over past few weeks), and literally just started evaluated random properties today just to practice and learn the areas I'm looking at. 

Otherwise if you will be occupying the home and you don't want to share it, you could try the BEAF method (Break Even Appreciation Focus), this was talked about by Victor Steffen in episode #766 of the podcast.

@Dennis Williams thank you for your story I completely understand that struggle.I started listening to the BP podcast from episode one and I plan on finishing all of them.i listen to it on the way too and from work and while I work.

There are so many great episodes of the podcast that will give you a lot of information and keep you motivated as well as reading  through the posts.

Listen to episode 300 for more detailed info. 

I think you might relate to this podcast episode, and find it inspiring!