This issue, while easy to solve, only came up at the end of the process.

Purchase price: $690,000 Cash invested: $172,500 Took a gamble on a larger single family home in an up and coming master planned community.

I think it's a gamble for someone 2000 miles away - could do well or badly.  

They gambled, and lost.

Most gurus have their clients journey end the moment they send them the money, they join a facebook group - have overseas VA;s moderate it and provide some old videos that get repurposed.Those who are new and thinking they are creative typically get crushed as they are gambling not investing.

At any rate it is possible, but depending on your appraisal it could be a gamble

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:Syndication multi-family investments are riskier and have less upside than gambling in Las Vegas.

this is only a good idea if you have reason to believe that the area will be appreciating quickly, which is called speculation and akin to gambling not investing. me personally, I would rather put my money on black than bank on market appreciation. negative cash flow rentals are a time suck and money suck.

Also, to track spending habits - just had a prospect withdraw their application when we asked why they were spending half their income on gambling websites.