Going to random real estate seminars likely won't do much.Different asset classes can require various amounts of capital to really get going.

I've been a part of the real estate industry for 14+ years now and have been involved in different real estate services to clients: commercial acquisitions, asset management, brokerage, and property management.This was my first time investing my own money outside of my state of residence.

Using LLCs to title your business holdings to provide asset protection.  2. 

@Derek Askew Great question — you may want to look into a service that offers a nice portfolio of tools to make managing your own rental super easy (that includes tools to list your unit, screen tenants, create digital leases, collect rent online and manage maintenance requests).

I also plugged in assets using std depreciation and 179 and it also made no difference.

How do I gain more assets?

How do I gain more assets?

Of course the reason it is so low is bc it was my primary residence when I did that.I guess the broader point is that I want to exploit the unrealized capital gain in the asset, not back out the basis on original mortgage.  

In doing this, their money is secured by both a hard asset and a personal guarantee. 

Not sure what you mean here....land is a non-depreciable asset that usually generates a 1231 gain when sold if used in a trade or business.