Its there business.. and a legit one..I have financed many students that never heard of BP and got their training through some type of guru.. but as stated where people get heartburn is the cost and the burn out rate. or failure rate of students.But look at BP  look at a 3 year old thread you will not recognize hardly anyone.. they got hyped up engaged for a while then moved on.. some because they successful and don't want to contribute anymore .. but the vast majority realize that its a tough business and they are not cut out for it for any number of reasons..

If you want to be completely passive go that route if you want control go that route. 100 Doors is just copywriting to get the interest of people to click the post and engage in conversation.

Starting out we are going to self manage and may engage with a property manager if it becomes too much to manage.

After the money is repaid, I'd like to engage in some personal loans, tax liens, and other deals like the one mentioned before.Does anything about the first scenario throw any red flags?

Your "standard formula" returns are lower because the rate of return is imposed on a larger present value each year.You engage in one purchase, one sale of a property.

We've joined BiggerPockets to actively engage in the local and statewide real estate investor & alternative financing community.  

Yes, as a matter of fact, those three I mentioned are long term rental management and indeed might not engage in vacation rental management. 

Take a look at some photos below to see some of the things you should be prepared for if you engage in investing in these blighted areas.

You can then apply the market average cap rate to the operating proforma for the cash flow value.I would recommend engaging a broker to do a lot of this work for you.

., as long as there are plenty of opportunities to keep fully engaged.