Reading a couple of blog posts a day, interacting in the forums and listening to the weekly podcasts will provide you plenty of information to take in.In terms of finding a mentor, i would suggest to approach every relationship with some value add proposition and work on developing a personal relationship.

If you are doing private lending directly to the end borrower, the risk is that the end borrower is unable to pay off the loan on the exact date you need the money back.

If you do your due diligence, the risk of buying AMC stock was minimal and must less risky then buying real estate at today's prices.

There are several ways to do it, ranging from the riskiest to the less risky.

For example, a community bank may lend 80% loan to cost of the entire project which would mean less cash out of pocket upfront and probably cheaper/less risky than HML.

However, from my understanding if you are co-purchasing the home with your mother, you wouldn't have to worry about the inheritance proposition.

Here's my analogy - "Robinhood People" - we "the small guy" kicked hedgefund's a**Robinhood users - 13 MillionAvg balance - $10,000Robinhood Pot Money - $130 Billion that's enough fire power to take on any stock and any hedge fund out there - the crowd decides the rise and fall of any ticker symbol - definitely risky but it has opened up a new equation in the stock industry.... and these mushroom groups in reddit and webull forums are going to shake up the stock markets...and yes the COVID + stimulus checks played a factor as folks were sitting home on thier apps - load up Robinhood with $600 stimulus check and Fire up :-)

Part of the problem is the annual propositions. 

(We actually have a situation exactly like this with one of our NPNs.)Personally, I'll pay the premium instead of risking the entire amount of my investment.....I was expecting to read a description of a situation where the calculated risk is less then the cost of the title insurance premium but I didn't. 

I feel like not factoring in those costs is very risky - you will definitely have those costs at some point.