.:" I'd have more sympathy for the 'morality' angle if it was being pushed by someone who doesn't have a vested interest in getting their monthly payments".There is, he is called Judge or Your Honor.Others might include; Father, Minister, Preacher, Rabbi, Teacher and other titles used by religious leaders.

I have always thought that a "mentor" was not someone who was paid.If they are paid they are a teacher, coach, instructor or perhaps partner but not a mentor. 

What it does do is enable me to choose one of several different routes as a career choice - tax, audit, accounting, consulting, tax law. 

I was a 21 year teacher with a salary of 95,000 a year, 26 years real estate investing experience, flipping, wholesaling, lease option contracts as both buyer and seller. 5; transactions over career.. currently self employed, real estate investor -2 rental properties all stopped paying g rent during our great countries eviction moratorium on paying rent knocked credit from a 770 to 590., I have 1,700,000 in real estate equity as all my houses are paid in full, but no lender will finance a business purchase of 72 acre Atv/campground purchase that makes 167,000 in just 4 summer months, 4 lakes, trails, two structures.

It takes a while to get good at underwriting, but the right teacher can make all the difference. 

I dont know him but one of the teachers at my school mentioned he handled some of his RE transactions. 

The seller then needs to settle with all parties to enable him/her COE.

It is especially important from the attorney's aspect because contingencies need to be added in to the Contract through the attorney review process which will enable you to assign the contract to a third party, and perhaps limit your exposure to your earnest money deposit only. 

Money is on sale and enables buyers to stretch to acquire deals. 

Derek,Depends on many factors like your overall financial situation, do you want to be active or passive, if active, what skills, time, beyond capital would you bring or will you want, need partners.Having done SFR, small MF and large MF, I prefer large MF due to scale and how commercial properties are valued, enabling forced appreciation.If you are not educated or have no time, want passive, fractional ownership putting some of this money with experts who seek out limited partnership to provide capital to general partners (syndicates) is one option.