I guess if you built it with the intention of having it integrated into an existing PM platform... like Appfolio's, you could set your self up as (as one of our advisory board members says) an "acquisition target".

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Love the beauty of the area, and still own a house there, and have family there. 

Hi, I have been studying for a couple of months now and ready to take it further through implementation and learning some more from this platform.

I think both can provide control from the top down but I was thinking more that a vertical provides specific services where horizontal is a multi service platform.

I'm a stay-at-home mom to my two  beautiful children and have been definitely utilizing my time at home to gain a better understanding of REI.

Northern VA is beautiful, but priiiiicey!  

Not a good neighborhood to have a beautiful wife and daughter and be gone to work most of the days.A lesson on leverage: when I bought the house I paid 0% down. 100% leverage.

Besides living in a beautiful place I get to do what I love everyday.

The 'guru' type atmospheres are usually just cash generating platforms for said gurus; so I would definitely caution against throwing out large sums of money for something like that.