I spent many years as an engineer in "corporate world" (or cubicle world, or Dilbertland, or whatever you might want to call it).

Personally, if I just get ONE valuable tip or lesson from a book I consider it money well spent.

If an individual spent their time and effort to "find" a performing note with a face value of $500,000 and the note holder was not aware of selling the note but they are willing to sell the note for $50,000 because of the situation they are in and need cash ASAP, would you not be willing to accept the lead from the Note Finder, Note Broker, or intermediary?

That may mean a couple hundred spent on a lawyer.

Are you saying that government money spent is not real?

:)While GFG wasn't called out specifically by the DOL, this was enough to scare me into closing my 401K (the IRS penalties can be up to 110% of the value of your retirement account); I spent a year working with the IRS to get a formal determination of whether my company had violated any ERISA laws (luckily it hadn't).Just wanted to point this out for anyone who may be considering setting up a ROBS product, so that they can do their due diligence.

I agree, I have spent countless hours reading articles of the pros, going on their websites, reading tons of books, etc.

Having spent 4+ years at UCSD, I'm familiar enough with the "tenant population" to know that it is a terrible idea to rent to the college version of myself... not just that the numbers don't make sense, but also the likelihood of parties causing major repairs every year, above and beyond the security deposit... very much not tenant friendly.

-Manuel

:D-Manuel