In Fact - I get MORE out the blog posts on Bigger Pockets than I did from the very expensive lesson I had.  

Whether it was due to their ignorance of RE (like they're just guys off the street who read a blog about RE and think they can therefore wholesale to get rich quick ) or they just wanted to throw a crap deal onto someone because they're a straight up con-man.

I've noticed many of the early retirement blogs and web sites like MMM and ERE are filled with IT people like me.

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I have been reading the blogs and watching some of the webinar. 

Read this article to understand the qualification criteria for a Solo 401k:https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/2810/45144-the...2) Can't comment much on your second point since the information you provided is vague and without the original source you might not be presenting it accurately...

You can search the forums or blogs and see if it's been addressed.

Check out this blog post:https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/04/0...I have heard of house hackers telling the other tenants that they are just the property managers, not the landlords.

start with our very own @JScott    http://www.123flip.com/and then check out the education tab on bp for blogs podcasts etc