One example is houses a mile or less from a Starbucks!  

Ask for examples of what is working well and what is not.

Do you have specific examples with numbers you can share?

For example, it's obvious we are near the top of the current apartment market cycle.

If I do this for example and my fee is $5000 how is this reflected with the option to purchase form.  

The seller become motivated, for example looses job and needs to move back East.2.

For example the house is appraised at 100k and that's his asking price to sell it in the middle of his rehab as is, with the work he has already done he quoted 20k to finish it, ( this does not include my fee), the house has potential to sale for 150-160k which was his numbers, I also did some home work and it seems that he is right (I don't have a realator to pull comps so I done what was advised by "gurus" and use other resources).

I'd love to hear any of your own real life examples of what you've done in similar situations.And yes, I'm asking this because I have a friend that actually has $50k and wants to eventually get into rentals but is scared to take the first step and very unsure of how to go about it. 

For example I may struggle with fixing up my own property so at the moment I am volunteering to help my property/building manager fix up the apartment building I am currently living at and gain some experience in this part of the field. 

The point you keep missing (in your other post and last one as well) is that in either example you are not getting what you were promised....Milk $4.00 vs milk $6.00 your choice but you are still getting milk.$40k for personalized mentorship blah blah blah vs $997 for a course on house flipping are 2 different animals...especially when the $40k guy takes your money, walks you to the river and then says...that'll be another $40k....that's not what "mentorship" is.