It can help take them out of the bidding war zone and they get a better home for the same monthly payment.  

Due to insurance costs and high property taxes, we were unsuccessful in finding something that cash flows.

With regards to the hourly conversation, some clients, especially newer investors, can take hours/months through the buying process to the stage of getting something under contract and then through the transaction to closing.

Your tax burdon will be less if you can keep them for 12 months and a day, maybe a rent to own scnerio?

(Max vacated rents - your monthly mortgage payment) = +/- net cashflow.On the other hand, you could also look into multifamily units where you can live one of the unit and rent out the other vacant units with as little as 5% down payment.

I personally think it's a smarter model than the big box right now, but you will get more real life training at a big box.Actually Jonathan, my goal is to offer agents the ability to be an agent-owner of their brokerage by receiving stock awards, and the opportunity for monthly passive income streams that sure help you to 'get buy' in a down market when commissions aren't coming in. 

I've been watching a lot of videos from https://www.strlawguys.com/ but this is going to cost a good chunk of change to setup a fairly complex protection structure.

Prices and rents continue to increase steadily.Sales - $/SqFt by Month(Click to enlarge.)The median sales $/SF was up 9% YoY and 6.7% YTD.Rentals - $/SqFt by MonthRents rose 4.3% YoY and 6% YTD.The Market Remains HotFollowing the rapid inventory decline starting in Q1, the number of days on the market for sales remained below 17 and for rentals below 19, indicating strong demand for both.Sales - List to Contract Days by MonthRentals - List to Contract Days by MonthRental trends tend to follow sales.

(It used to be monthly, in-person.)They make money if you buy properties from their affiliates, and can provide additional free, one-on-one guidance via their investment counselors.

I have been debating this for a couple of months and have found conflicting recommendations online.