If you only have $25k to your name, and you have investors that understand the impact potentially losing that $25k would mean to you, they very well could say $25k is enough.As for encumbering a property you are syndicating with a second mortgage for your capital, no.

As a Property Manager in a market where many owners choose to manage on their own, I've seen several examples of owners losing their homes or properties because their tenants did not pay or caused excess damage.

Longterm you will lose wealth the more your in Fixed income due to inflation.8.  

If you find a problem, deal with it immediately by making the tenant correct it within X days (and verify with another inspection) or remove them from the property.Most DIY landlords lose more money to simple mistakes than it would cost them to hire a professional property manager.

You definitely want to do a full tenant screening because at any moment that tenant can lose their voucher.

Stressing while you are in school and having student loans or regretting losing your REI.They say if there is a will, you can find a way.

Instead of dropping their fees and losing money on the loans, lenders simply won't issue loans at those low prices 

Some people will argue we have much higher inflation which means our 5% savings are actually losing money to inflation! 

Following up with a seller lead for 4 years to lose the business to a family member2.

>I cannot prove that the attorney never sent me the address change notice and therefore run the risk of losing the case at trial.