i don't do Section 8 -- we only do month to month rentals -- but I have read on many LL boards that the Section 8 experience comes down to the public housing authority managing your local Section 8 program.  

The in-market Distributor may be a lumber yard that's open to the public.

So it stops… for some time.If I were to speculate here so publicly (where I suspect the perpetrators will also read this,) I’d say that some wholesaler/investor may unwittingly use a “reputable” VA company for his/her own needs, putting my info on that VA company’s radar (again.)

BiggerPockets doesn't allow marketing of any kind in the public forums.

Finally, obtain a professional appraisal post-renovation to accurately determine the new value of your home.

So there is no single projected return, no single actual return, no single experience (and it instead is a huge variety).I feel one of the main advantages of passive investments (via syndication/crowdfunding) is that I can hire a manager who has years more experience than I can ever hope to obtain myself.

A PM company in California is required to have a broker officer, so either your dad can take on that role and put you in charge of the operations, or you can obtain your broker's license first.

If you have questions about the ability to obtain loans, you'll want to make sure whomever you partner is very "lendable" with banks.

If you're a public figure, like many of these "gurus," potential homeowners can simply Google you.

Is it conceivable that they could have generated interest from someone with a large amount of cash, but not in a position RIGHT NOW to obtain a mortgage loan?