That said, if anyone can shed led on the whole acting as an RE agent and wholesaler / lowballing vs. listing the property dynamic, I'd be very curious to know how that all works.

Most stories I've heard from other landlords who had many problems with tenants was that they can have fraudulent references/ rental history so unless you can verify through a legitimate PM company it doesnt carry much weight.

Some are genius and worth their weight in gold, some are just holding motivational rah rah events upselling their next event which will do nothing for you.

There is a backyard with two small sheds which I would plan to rent out for $20/mo. or something.

I would like to resurrect this thread to see if anyone can shed some definitive light on this from a legal perspective.

Anyone possibly shed some light and offer insight on what is he better route and so on?

My view is that the weight of the floor is distributed among all of the bricks not just one.

This also reminds me of hard money lenders where it is also more of a "hands off" way of investing and having the deals come to you.Base on your own experience can some of you shed some light on how you prefer to find or receive your deals? 

However, I'm a little unsure how some values were calculated.Assumptions:Property Value: $70,300DP (20%): $11,249 (initial investment acquired at 20% discount)Rent and market value appreciation: 5%Mortgage: 30-year loan at 7.43%Now on his chart on the first year, here are the values:Start of Year Market Value: $70,300Annual Price Appreciation: $3,515Year End Appreciated Market Value: $73,816Annual Principal Debt Pay Down: $420 Year End Accumulated Equity: $29,244Annual Cash Flow: $300ROI: 37.7%ROE: 16.7%I'm curious how Annual Principal Debt Pay Down, Year End Accumulated Equity and Annual Cash Flow were gathered based from the given assumptions.Anyone can shed some light on this?

They are called gravity walls and they offset the forces of the earth they retain by the weight of the wall.