These are professionals with additional training and a stricter code of ethics.

The attorney would obviously help guide us through the process and help us change the title of our 5 properties into the trust and provide ongoing support in the future, etc...

An agent who has so many other ongoing deals, that they are not 100% committed to getting you into your dream home? 

I can’t count the times that I’ve been approached by someone who has no experience, no site and no capital with a JV proposal.Taking on a “partner” with these “credentials” requires the experienced developer to not only do everything normally required to execute the project but to also teach the novice partner.The time and effort involved on the developer’s part to teach the novice partner will easily double the work normally required to do the deal.Anyone that hopes or expects a developer to train and share equity with them needs to adjust their expectations and bring something of value to the table in addition to any sweat equity offered by the novice.There are ways to get into the development game but they must be logical to both parties and make financial sense.I’d be happy to discuss this further with anyone that is considering getting into ground up development.

We were trained for 2 weeks there how to sell print ads out of the back of our college directories to local businesses back in our college towns.

It's great training and should give you some confidence that your agent has the specific knowledge to help you with investment properties.

I think if you paid them all the money they ask for you would get some practical education and even in-the-field training.

Looking forward to reading further about your ongoing REI journey.  

Continue to rehab and flip SFH at the rate of 1 per quarter, while I learn more and get trained on the other options in RE investing.  

Even if you are believer in "training" tenants (a phrase and mode of thinking I personally find incredibly offensive when applied to adult citizens, rather than children or pets), recognize that this tenant is past the "training" stage, as she will soon be past the "tenant" phase!