The net worth or income tests just seem a poor way to measure such things.The entire premise of Accredited Investor is not to prevent people from making bad investment decisions and loosing investment capitol. 

I can tell you there’s no shortage of “coaches” willing to take your money and show you what looks like measurable success.

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Think about that, barrier of entry being measured in hundreds of dollars. 

I usually spend my time, if the seller is present, keeping him/her out of the way if needed, pumping tenants for info, taking measurements for room sizes and drawing floor plans with doors and windows and noting appliances and taking pictures.We look for value add properties that are in decent structural and mechanical condition (except for one deal that we got really cheap).

For me, the hard-to-measure data point is the team you can build across different markets. 

There is NO measurable ROI on tax services.

Any actual deals or measurable results that you can put on the record?  

We do not measure our children's growth in grams and centimeters in the US. 

When you’re trying to determine where to start putting an out-of-state operation together, consider using the 1 percent and 2 percent rules as measuring sticks to help save you time.BUILDING YOUR TEAM➠ Agents:The first thing you want to make sure you address is whether the agent has experience working with investors.There is no substitute for experience, so don’t be afraid to ask whether the agent has ever owned any rental properties or currently owns any.