Thanks for sharing your insights Bonnie, I love the approach that you take! 

Just found that I was approached by a false profile.

I admire that you've handled most of the filings yourself, but I’d prefer to take a more hands-off approach.

They can offer a more hands-off approach while you get your feet wet.

Over time, repeating this approach can help you build a versatile portfolio.Good luck!

I'm interested in a similar approach: live in one unit and rent out the rest.

If not, and this is not the case we can chop it up on other approaches. 

I completely agree with your approach to private money lending.

Are there any tax or management benefits to this approach?

We not only lost our hard-earned money but on top of everything, our health suffered, I had several sleepless nights due to the stress and anxiety that this horrible experience created for my wife and me.After the buy-back was completed, I approached Maverick to at least help us with our losses by requesting us to give back ~$6000.