@Jake WileyTo be truly passive you would be investing in a syndication / fund - anything else is not passive.What I would say is just because someone has a great marketing team, is a smooth talker or has written a book does not automatically given them a free pass from due diligence As someone who has done multiple syndications - they are hard and you are constantly learning and get asked a ton of questions.

If you automatically assume starting out will be bumpy, then you’ll be less hesitant to start and expect less as you learn.I’ll personally be getting into the BRRRR game hopefully within the next year, and I’ll be hitting it full gas.

For example the automated messaging function, airbnb now has messaging that can be done automatically and pulls in date/guest name and other details of the reservation. 

If money wasn't automatically taken from peoples paycheck for gambling in stocks with outlandish PE ratios today, and no real business in 2001, I doubt they'd sit down the weekend after pay day, shop for stocks, and place buy orders.  

They are very rarely late since the app automatically applies late charges as well!

If one is late it automatically calculates the late fee.

(which lowers our long rates, while the short term rates are heavily influenced by fed policy.So yes the yield curve is inverted, and yes it might be a signal of a recession ,but it doesnt automatically mean we are headed to a recession, nor do we know how bad a recession would end up being.

Fitzsimmons has provided no support for the idea that  rental contracts are automatically fraudulent without express permission from the owner of record. 

Listings from MLS are automatically fed into Realtor.com, Zillow etc - the more potential buyers - the better service to the seller.

Many leases revert to month to month automatically if no one provides a notice.