Better than an amateur evaluating a place and guessing what's wrong, not likely to miss something big after training, but really not qualified to tell you if X property is likely to make steady money as a rental after you fix what's obviously wrong or Y property is just going to be a total money pit.It's not like you and the roofing inspector/public adjustor space, where you go toe-to-toe against the insurance companies for real money.

He has a variety of training programs you can take.

You have no experience, no training, no special skills.Why should your friend pay you the same amount he would pay a professional?

I started notes 8 years ago and yep $20k back then would have gotten you training to earn $250k your first year.

in (partial) defense of the folks with the current issues... it's how they have been trained and raised though too, right? 

Anyone had JTFoxx training and successfully closed any deals with his investment strategies?

**Acquire Knowledge and Skills** - Enroll in relevant courses and training programs

If yes, do you find someone with experience (probably not alot of agents with this type of experience) or do you train them?

 +200/mo versus -$100/mo isn't stopping the train from veering off it's tracks when **** gets south.

. ;-)There is a way to get both simultaneously but that part requires training.