Now the 9% doesn't seem to be a terrible deal, but then I calculated the risks involved.

Maybe someone involved with 4-H.  

The long-term strategy involves building equity, saving, considering taxes, and leveraging rental income for investments.

Also, logically speaking, for whoever the owner/developer of the project is, they have much more risk involved and should deservedly be the ones with the profit to gain. 

Basically questions that the PM/co-host need to be able to answer without having to do any deep-dive analysis.Property-specific questions such as property improvement advice, revenue potential, etc. that involve deep-dive analysis might justifiably incur an up-front cost depending on the PM/co-hosts business model.

Ps I'm all about giving back, so I would be interested in helping out some high school kids for sure, or getting involved with mentoring somehow.

I moved to Florida in 2017 and have been involved in 45+ flips and currently manage over 36 units throughout Tampa Bay.

Looking for advice from you BP pros out there.I will be purchasing either a single family residence or multi family residence home in the Cleveland, Ohio area no later than January 2025 and intended on purchasing usin...

Its certainly not "guaranteed return" - thats a word to always stay away from in real estate (in finance or even investing in general)high level - its because HMLs are going to be secured by the real estate, meaning in event of default, the lender can get the property to be made whole - somewhat trust is involved, but thats the main mechanism behind it

Make sure they are just a investor so there are no ulterior motives involved.