HUGE exposure through national media ,, Infomercials, the rise of the TV Reality shows that then spawned the aftermarket business of teaching folks the fast track to rich's ( for a price)3.

A few related reads that reinforce this unspoken reality: How Agent Deaths Spawned REALTOR® ActionBroker beware: From robbery to assault, realty agents face big risksHow a Real Estate Agent Survived Attack By Man She Was Showing a Home toShock Study: More Than 50% of Realtors Carry Weapons on Showings

Having said that, there are so many reasons people don't qualify for conventional financing, it's spawned an entire segment of lending (DSCR):)No income verification other than the leases, max 60 days seasoning on down payment and reserves (in some cases no seasoning, only source) and no limit on the number of properties you can have financed are three big reasons why DSCR and non-qm in general is the fastest growing segment of mortgage banking.Hope that helpsStephanie 

INVESTOR LOANS FROZE you could not get one to save your life for about 2 to 3 years.. 08 to 2011.. so TK and other promotors turned to cash only or really started to market to IRA transactions this spawned a bunch of new IRA set up folks to help them with real estate purchases. 

Then this guy spawns a whole sub set of students who then try to do the same model.. some will be fine but you watch others will have issues.. its just inevitable.. 

I know there are a lot of people (especially Dave Ramsey) who think that BOA are the devil's spawn, but this is the first problem I've had with them.

You're right, I hear that every day, from every single tenant with a dog, and 90% of the time your dog is the spawn of satan.I also love how pit owners have learned not to say they own a pit bull.