Adding hundreds or thousands of dollars to your tax bill upon closing can completely destroy a good deal.

(We don't usually run city tracts as our grid systems and/or lines are hundreds of acres and usually in more rural areas).

You can get a home inspection performed for a few hundred dollars, but it's really pointless.

I have purchased a turnkey rental in DFW and I also have worked with hundreds of clients who have purchased turnkeys with a lot of success.

I work with hundreds of out of state clients and a few dozen that are out of the country that include a few in Canada.

You would never have lost if you just invested in the broad market in any decade in the last 100 years.If you want to compare it to individual stocks, then stocks beats RE hands down as TSLA and hundreds of other stocks have skyrocketed.

Maybe you get luck and double your money or assign it for $5000 profit.Lots of these courses you can find on ebay for a couple hundred...or if you have a 1/2 priced books store near you. 

There are hundreds of hard money lenders.

Factor that with a total-loss fire, half a dozen insurance claims for smaller fires, easily a hundred evictions, a thousand months of uncollected rent, and a shooting in 2010 that is as close to wearing handcuffs as I desire.If you live in Toledo and are ready to holster up and manage your own portfolio then 43608 has some real potential. 

We have been in the Smokies a long time, and many guest accidents, some of them life threatening over the years, could have been avoided with an annual risk management walk-thru:- Loose or rotting steps- Nails poking up through deck boards- Stinging insect hives or infestations- Ceiling fans that are barely hanging on- Loose deck, stair, and landing railings- And oh, about a hundred other things!