Now we are back full circle to holding, not because of rates, but because we have to re-train an entire generation of buyers to be responsible again.

So why would they risk anything or advise you to do anything out of the box?

Very powerful tool if you have a business that generates the necessary income.Jon

I'm much better at the marketing side of things, so I'm going to keep the best properties (especially ones with owner financing/good terms) and try to use smart marketing to generate good deals I can pass along to the ever growing number of investors in our area.I'm very impressed with this forum.

Please advise.

Even with his help, it would take at least a year (probably two) to get something set up that would allow me to pool non-acredited investors.If you stick with acredited investors or, better yet, sophisticated investors, you can get going faster since the SEC assumes that those investors know enough to protect themselves.As John pointed out, if I go that route, don't expect to hear much from me about it.Aside from all the set up, there is a lot of paper that needs to be generated, stored. reported and audited just to prove that you aren't cheating a 90 year old alzheimers patient out of her life's savings.

;-)Actually, $2000/hour isn't unrealistic if you know how to quickly build businesses that don't rely on heavy infrastructure and can generate cashflow relatively quickly (what is espoused in the book).To do that takes a business-minded person with some experience and a bit of cash (in my opinion), but it's certainly doable...

I did however write a sponsored post which received few interesting comments, that is when I wrote the controversial "ePerks- A Scam Or A Gem." post.Personally, I would advise every real estate agent to stay as far away as possible from ePerks.

She's been great, organizing, clarifying, negotiating, researching, advising.

Do they advise on the market rental rates in the area to help me decide?