A co-worker (at the time) and a close friend EACH recommended Rich Dad Poor Dad.

Poor bookkeeping or no bookkeeping is a huge show-stopper for tax filing!

I don't think anyone of them are scams, (well some people in those spaces are)...they're just businesses selling products...in these cases investment products. 

You have to be ready for setbacks (and a lot of them) along the way: be it lost shipments, faulty products or unexpected costs. 

LTV varries by product and Lender, property and borrower risk, location, and more.Fix and flips, generally 85% LTC subject to 70% of ARV.

ADU additions have poor valuations.  

This is because historically most of these markets have poor long term rent growth and poor long term appreciation.  

There is poor correlation between initial cash flow and actual long term cash flow.

Kentucky is doing something strange and kind of beautiful right now: we’re stepping off one train (coal) while a whole fleet of new ones—manufacturing, reshoring, logistics, data—are pulling into the station.Two headlines tell that whole story in miniature.Coal: from #1 producer to #7, but still powering the gridKentucky’s coal production fell 14% last year, dropping to 24.3 million tons.

Rent control makes it real difficult to get rid of poor tenants that pay their rent.