So no tangible benefit there.The one exception I would outline is if you want to pool money with someone else and invest together.

People in the alternative news, natural health fields are already aware that they're being throttled, and some of the content creators I follow have been deplatformed from IG and others for simply posting on "controversial" topics or linking to CDC data.I think the "Govopoly" as famous trader Ed Seykota calls it is more like a cancer than the duckweed he compares it to. 

But I have to warn you about the sadness inherent in the road you are about to embark on, and give you one piece of advice.A lot of people have very strong opinions about this topic and no one is comfortable consider that their whole financial belief system might be in grave error.If you go from being less than financially successful to most of your friends (as something like an English language teacher) to more financially successful than most of your friends (as something like a real estate investor), you're going to realize that for some of these "friends," a very big reason they felt comfortable around you was because you initially validated their mistaken financial worldview.

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Easier dealing with new tenants on this topic then exsisting who have a history of paying 1 way.   

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Look for meet ups in your area (virtual), attend free webinars, start reading as much as possible on any and all topics related to investing and real estate.

I have been looking around and came across a topic on REIT's and have been looking on Youtube about it.

I have been gathering some of my thoughts around these topics on what to look for pitfalls or positives in PM contracts.  

Should we just collect a little extra each month until they have submitted the full last month's rent (and of course have the specific payments and what they're for outlined in the lease)?