STR is enticing because it carries the largest potential for short term cash flow returns however, I understand the market is cooling down and I need to remain sober about the potential risks and challenges with the STR strategy.

With the RE prices in CA, why do you still promote investing in your own backyard?

Tell me, what does Weatherford have that would entice someone overseas to come back to?

It is unfortunate that Internet gurus can promote wholesaling as a simple, no funds required business model and people that can least afford it are jumping into the business. 

Under the "Howey Test", a transaction is an investment contract if: It is an investment of moneyThere is an expectation of profits from the investmentThe investment of money is in a common enterpriseAny profit comes from the efforts of a promoter or third partyIn other words, if you are putting together a deal in which people are investing their money (rather than donations, or contributions to a charity), and the money is "pooled", and the only way your investors make money is from what you do as the "Promoter"/Deal Maker/"Sponsor", than it probably is a security, and it probably needs to be registered (at the state, and possibly Federal) level.On the other hand, if you are getting a group of people together, and your are jointly putting in money, and "other services", and equally sharing in decision making (so it's not "all on you) then it may not be a Security, but is more than likely, a Partnership.  

Credit unions like to promote bank tellers with little/no mortgage experience, as if the two skillsets were in any way related. 

They intentionally set fee schedules low just enough to entice people to roll the dice and hope they land the 1 in a million magical lender.Hard money lenders are often retired active investors.

He has great credit, so obtaining a loan for the down payment and fees (~$20k in this case) would not be a problem, and it's an enticing option considering that the HML lender doesn't really care about credit and DTI ratios.

It's DATA.How you collect it, how you interpret it,How you implement it, and how you make decisions on that data.Math is absolutely included as a part of it.Here is why I say this.People like Brandon Turner used to promote  "make 200 offers a day on the MLS and something's got to give".

I invested few months ago in real estate and I get it profitable. posted on September 23.As this post came in July, that could be a few months, but your stories don't gel.My guess is that you're solely here to promote the website in your signature . . . am I right?