Plenty of well-positioned restaurants with great food and great service have failed just because they didn't get enough traction before the promoters ran out of money.If you buy multifamily real estate, however, you're buying an existing income stream.

It was more motivational than practical, I don’t feel like I could flip houses as easily as they promote at this point, they do upsale the software and the advanced training as essential but you would have to invest more money 

In fact, very rarely do I find Investors from BP promoting the way I invest.

(And just in case you were wondering, I'm not promoting myself in the least with this post, as I personally don't engage in general brokerage outside of immediate family/friends.

However, you cannot use any means of general advertising or solicitation to promote the offering.

I'm an Army vet myself (medically retired last year) and my brother is a C-17 pilot.This is slightly off topic, but one of the best things I did in my career was every time I got a raise or promotion, I socked that money away because I figured I lived on that pay last year, I can this year, too. 

The only snowball I'd worked on was toward a career where I'd get more and more work, less and less time, and always thinking "I'll be happy after the next promotion/raise/etc."

Maintain the property and begin implementing strategies that promote tenant retention before you need it.Buy in Fundamentally Strong MarketsThe temptation is to chase yield in speculative areas without a strong local economy, but don’t fall for it!

I agree with @Scott Harper, I used to live in Florida and was a member of the CFRI group - you can meet some good folks there, but they do heavily promote gurus and classes - so just skip all that and listen, learn and utilize Bigger Pockets - with none of the Hype!

I don't want to promote on here, as it's prohibited in the rules.