My book on Turnkey Real Estate Investing - Simple Concepts to Overcome Analysis Paralysis and Acquire Your First Rental Property in 29 Days (this title is a work in progress) should be released before the end of October.

We like the KISS method (keep it simple & for the stupid)

It's a simple concept and is very easy to understand.

The house is a simple two bed one bath with a garage and a fenced in backyard.

My simple math suggests that you probably have to shell out $600k in cash (25% down + furnishing, travel, and make ready costs) for the privilege of losing $1,000-$5,000 per month.

You will quickly learn that real estate investing is simple.

It’s relatively simple and, while it does cost money, it’s one of the more cost-effective options.

It’s simple for them to do this.

Your advisor did you a disservice with a simple answer with no basis for their recommendation. 

So ok, here ya go, I started the journey for ya with the simple google search below, how about ya take me up on the advice and digging deeper to find out the reality and how wrong whatever BS source of opinion you were using was (it was MSNBC wasn't it....)