He claims he doesn’t allow access until the very end so you don’t get distracted and bombard him with questions while he’s teaching, but the truth is he doesn’t want you to see you bought yourself $10k worth of recycled guru garbage until its too late.

Did it help you scale faster? 

I'm just a few hours south of you in Celina, TX. 1 - Decided whether you want to try and be an operator or just a landlord to an operator (much different risk profile). 2 - See how others are doing it/find who's doing it in the market you want to be in and serve them/know them3 - The need is never ending, position yourself for at least some scale but prepare for it to take a while as not every house and neighborhood will work. 4 - Have a great attorney who knows the space IN YOUR MARKET to protect you.

Since it’s actually a little complicated, I’ll do it in steps.

Not saying you can't be successful doing so, but certainly you'll have challenges. 

Get the deal, see It yourself and once offer is accepted get a GC in there to get a full scope2.

IF IT'S NOT IN WRITING, IT NEVER HAPPENED!

You can meet people doing the things you want to do. you can meet people who may become people you do business with. 

If you have an exception to your system, you do not have a system. 

I just hire people who know what they're doing.