But after overcoming financing, and realtor obstacles I have been able to slowly but surely put a team together.  

I have been looking to buy my first buy and hold rental for about 18 months. I have enough cash on hand for a 20-25% downpayment and a contingency fund. I have an area and investment strategy in mind but when I went t...

The magic that happens when you actually sit down to do work and overcome resistance is truly remarkable.

Periodically he has seen that others have written about the same problem - but how were they overcome?

. :-)   It comes from agents (no offense), lenders, sellers, tenants, relatives, co workers, contractors, strangers       Overcoming all that is part of the fun and satisfaction.  

if so, what Challenges have you faced here and how did you overcome?

So far, only seeing startup crowdfunding portals announcing they are supporting title III (flood of emails today).Even some portals saying they won't do title III cause it creates "adverse selection", arguing companies would only raise under this offering type as a "last resort" as there are other cheaper ways to raise money.

Overcoming this obstacle wasn't easy but in the end completely worth it.

I am a bit of a risk adverse investor.  

Not sure on asking them about it to be honest as I would see what others on this forum say about that with all the FCRA rules, adverse action letters, etc.