More broadly speaking there are different tolerances to all sorts of risk of enforcement, which explains the different approaches that have been laid out to you. 

That being said the broad principles as outlined in much of the Biggerpockets community of: (saving money and not letting lifestyle creep prevent you from meeting your goals, buy right by finding under market deals or "value", do actual analysis on your investment, go into every investment with a plan that includes how it will be managed, rehabed (if needed), financed, and with an exit strategy in place, and continue to have time in the market (in our world the real estate market), are principles that can be applied for any investor looking to grow their net worth and income via real estate.

Your broad question is just going to get replies from people soliciting your $1 million.

They are making a 3% commission on the sale of the house for just driving you there...Please don't generalize by making such broad statement.

I don't mean to simplify things, but but I think part of America's problem is that it has a monopoly on possessing the entire spectrum of people that fall under 'incredibly lazy loser' to 'incredibly smart and hard working'.

That's actually too broad of a question, so I will use one example instead:What you have to look out for, in joining theirs or anyone's group, is paying a lot of money in order to be able to "bring deals" that you get "paid" for.

Cities dealing with intractable social problems allow the poor (class D) neighborhoods to bear the brunt of broad social problems.

I apologize but I'm fairly new to these terms and after giving them a google I get very broad statements and am not quite sure how they'd apply to me.

Speaking broadly- if it's in a growing area and it will at least pay for itself, it's probably worth keeping for a bit to see how it really performs over time.

Mortgage Rates More Than Double In 10 MonthsFlipping HomesBig takeaways from our survey of fix-and-flippers last week: 1) Rates have massively slowed transactions and prices are falling broadly. 2) Lots of talk about flippers changing strategies, holding-and-renting instead of flipping, or exiting the space entirely.