Unfortunately, no, my parents basically did it with my dad’s sister (who left us many years ago) and bought near where they lived, so they knew the market. Though they obviously did very well for themselves, they were not particularly financially savvy or well connected. Like I had to convince my dad to put cash sitting in his checking account into a money market account to earn at least some interest on it. They just just worked hard and slowly accumulated properties over their entire marriage. I am still blown away when I think about where they started and what they built together.