Or did she think the new investor would be too stupid to recognize it as bad advice?

I recognize this thread is a couple years old, however I have the same question.

I like to address issues immediately- I recognize this won't always be possible, but them knowing that problems get fixed quick is a good thing.

As far as the different ways to process the revenue, creating an invoice and processing a payment will track (show in the customer transaction details) which customer paid and who hasn't and when you run P&L report in accrual, income will be recognized at the date of the invoice, cash basis recognized at the date of payment.

However, I'm not marketing myself as "one of the most highly recognized and revered names in real estate investment industry today."

The policy should be a non-recognition policy (they still pay interest and dividends based on your cash value amount and don't recognize any loans you have out on the policy when making these), and a mutual company would (most likely) be best since the dividends won't be taxed, and can still be reinvested into the policy.As for the mutual funds - that's more along the lines of a variable product and there are more fees and risk than an indexed policy, plus it's difficult to consistently beat the index.  

Google can be tricky in terms of ranking, and time is major for Google recognizing your site as an authority.  

Because he is a full-time real estate investor, is not passive, this is how he feeds his family, so the risk of gain or loss is recognized in the current year.

We are all LUCKY.I do agree wholeheartedly that people don't really understand how to even recognize an opportunity because they don't study things like Economics or even know what's happening to the future of the Asset class.BUT, again, we have a lot of Dumb Luck just being an American (or citizen of a developed Country). 

As many of you have mentioned, I see that strategy creating more appreciation than cash flow and I recognize that multi-families or apartment buildings might be the faster path to get to that cash flow.