They are doing that all while property prices and rent are increasing faster than inflation, while they have a tenant paying down principle, while enjoying greater tax benefits than with index fund investing, and most importantly while being in direct control of their investments.

@Carolyn LorenceThe IRS rules prohibit any direct or indirect benefit between a disqualified party and an IRA or 401k - in either direction.If you create a joint venture where each side of the transaction is wholly separate and there is no commingling of funds, that would likely be OK.The potential issue is whether being enabled to participate in the transaction due to the presence of funds from a disqualified party would be viewed as a benefit by the IRS.  

Brandon Turner wrote a great "Ultimate Guide to Direct Mail Marketing" here it is: https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/04/0...Also, if you type in "Direct Mail" into the BP search bar there are 8 other BP blog posts that talk about this. 

When NOBODY can touch ANYTHING but a union worker...that means they pretty much decide, directly or indirectly, how much overtime will be required for the week.I worked as an engineer at a GM plant, it was absolutely Ridiculous the things I witnessed.

Clayton seemed shady from the beginning, I remember listening to one of his podcasts where he was directly or indirectly bad-mouthing BP and BP members.

In case it helps, here are a couple of blurbs from the state's DLLR site:A Collection Agency engages directly or indirectly in the business of collecting for, or soliciting from another, a consumer claim; or collecting a consumer claim the person owns, if the claim was in default when the person acquired it.A Mortgage Loan Originator is an individual who for compensation or gain, or in the expectation of compensation or gain, takes a loan application or offers or negotiates the terms of a mortgage loan.Jamie

Cap rate is the ratio of net operating income over the property value.It is not a function of the financing rate used to acquire a property.It is a good tool to compare various commercial assets just based on the cashflows those assets produce and the asking price or market value they command.For that reason there is no direct relationship between cap rates and interest rates.It is more of an indirect one.

If you use Podio, you can create an Application App and give your prospect a link that allows them to fill it in directly, but you won't be able to collect the fee without finding some kind of plugin.

Make sure you don’t (indirectly) offer yourself as deadweight. 

this is probably one of the most fundamental challenges to managing a PM--the incentives of the PM are rarely aligned with the incentives/goals of the owner (and often, the incentives of the PM are in direct opposition to the goals of an owner!)...