Quote from @Russell Brazil:  yep that does it, we lost our home in 99 in an f5 when I was younger,  no close calls recently in OKC though,  also seems like tornado alley has shifted a bit to the east but who knows.

As we all know, Real Estate is a Team Sport.

Eamon,Any time you face a major issue with a bank/lender and they fail to refund your money or it costs you money and a lost deal due to ignorance or bad lending. 

Time for a team.  

Quote from @Ruben Diaz: Good evening team!

I manage properties remotely and can handle all the leasing/management pretty easily with my team.

This amounts to lost opportunity because if you had purchased RE, at the closing it can start producing return. 5) ADUs detract from the existing structure whether this is privacy, a garage, or just yard space. 6) this is related to number 1, but there are many more buyers looking to purchase homes for their family than there are RE investors looking to purchase small unit count properties.

Both lost their homes because of the shuricanes and went into having credit issues because of this.

Also, in a mainstream asset class like value-added multifamily, I see no reason to take a risk on a sponsor that doesn't have full real estate cycle experience or that lost anything more than a small amount of money (and prefer no money lost).

Following the team at DealMachine would help also because they are based in Indianapolis.