Unless I am remembering incorrectly, it used to dig deep into the specifics of how the guest ran their business.

My keyword alerts include Capital Hill, Capitol Hill (Spell it both correctly and incorrectly), Silver Spring, Rockville, Arlington, Montgomery County, Prince George's County, PG County, Arlington, Alexandria, Trinidad, Dupont, Logan, Columbia Heights, Gaithersburg, Fairfax and so on and so on.

Of course in this area none of them seem to be good deals - but as I’m very inexperienced, perhaps I’m valuing them incorrectly.

Or am I just an idiot and thinking of this incorrectly...Anything helps!

Is he incorrect ?

I have had to somewhat adopt it as I work with several investors on here who use it.To me being a "hack" implies being sub-par or doing something incorrectly or not to standards.

Best piece of advise given all the legal implications if you do things incorrectly and given your level of understanding of syndication in general.2.

You do want to watch out for quirks in the state and local laws to make sure you're treating consistent with those. 

Non-permitted sun room done incorrectly.

With wholesaling, if you market incorrectly and fail to disclose certain things, you could run afoul of the Business and Professions code that requires you to have a license to market properties to buyers.