I'd encourage you both to look at it as if a friend asked you for advice.

Just doing a 12-24 month, interest-only payment that would actually encourage you to refinance or sell within that time period?

The gurus never tell you that searching through the smoke and the mirrors in the game, extending yourself very uncomfortably into the unknown, being willing to invest and possibly waste your time searching for answers, actually building meaningful relationships, all of that's is a very big part, if not the biggest part, of winning in real estate.When Hannibal was told it was impossible to get his elephants over the Alps to invade Roman territory from the north, he responded with the following:"Aut inveniam viam aut faciam" I WILL FIND A WAY OR MAKE ONE.That's the attitude we need here.

Some of them messaged me to say be careful, as they felt I was being encouraged by the program to have a wreckless disregard and take a dicey flip gamble and lose money.

It's encouraging to hear all the stories of many successful real estate investors who started with nothing.

Thanks for the reply, this is really encouraging and we'd love to try to make the meetup!

Recommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

I do however encourage immigration, it just needs to be done legally and intelligently. 

when I am back from the mean streets of  Real Estate hunting, BP is my source of encouragement tells it like it is with the reality of real estate investing.

That’s a great testimony and encouragement.