Of course it does in seminars but rarely in real life.#8 I would consider your inspection cost a very cheap crash course in buying long distance investment properties. 

When you ask a simple, direct, human questions of "hows it going", it's definatively disarming. 

Quote from @Sanjay Bhagat: 1) Is there a syndicate/s in BP which has gone through all the 4 real estate life cycle (recovery, expansion, hyper-supply, and recession) ?

The best way to get started is to pair books and podcasts on the topics you think you will be interested in first with meetups in real life.

It's because typically people say they want financial freedom but are looking for an easy button where they do minimal work and all this success happens in their life.

Josh Holley should probably rethink his life. 

They all show negative COC going out at least 5 years and I suspect for the life of the loan.

It has been a life changing experience.

Keep in mind that many of these cheap homes are selling for less than a third of their insurance replacement value, which really means that the land has negative value - let that sink in.Most buyers who can actually qualify for a mortgage will get a PA for $200-300k and desperately want to upgrade their life.

Makes your life as a property manager easier, and provides consistent rents coming in.