I guess my first post got the attention of the less helpful people.You are correct, in that there is a variety of ways to make money in real estate, and many ways to be successful and many more ways to fail.

The enabler does this for a variety of reasons, many of them well-meaning.For me, every eviction I have been involved in has been more than anything else a process of stepping away from enabling and clearing the way to rock bottom for a tenant who needs to seek help or treatment but refuses to do so because they're terrified, they're proud, or they're blind to the consequences of their ways.You have to decide, as a landlord, if you're dealing with a person who will seize on an opportunity to change their behavior if you give it to them, or whether you're dealing with a person who will not change until they hit rock bottom.

Just because you don't agree with a strategy he believes in does not make you right and him wrong.As Rich pointed out, "retail" can have a vast variety of definitions.

@Ned Carey  I think like a lot of things real estate related concept is pretty easy to understand but execution can be quite difficult for a variety of reasons as you delineated... 

They offer many typical seminars for education, on a variety of topics.  

.#2: I'm Glad I Avoided Turnkey Companies At First (But I May Consider Turnkey Later)Prior to purchasing my first home, I spoke with a variety of turnkey companies and read more than a few pro/con threads (including one I started). 

There's just such a variety options that you can go from here that there's never a set plan of what you may do once you get started due to whatever deal you may encounter at the time and how you would go about acquiring the property, whether it be conventional, hard-money, private investor, partnerships, 203k etc. 

You'll meet a variety of people who specialize in different things. 

I've gone through a variety of payment methods over the years and have finally settled on an online rental management platform which the tenant pays through.1.

The city also offers a wide variety of investment options for investors, including single-family homes, multi-family homes, rental properties, and commercial buildings.