The unknown is always what will your market be doing 2 years from now.

I'm very handy and always work hard but the fear of the unknown is my biggest concern right now and causing me hesitation.

Mine are as follows:1) Identifying a good deal (so many unknowns)2) Structuring deals3) Finding dealsI am pretty new to investing so I am curious as to what everyone else has problems with.

It's in an "ok" section of the town that it's in... there are some bad areas (drugs/crime) in this town...There are still a lot of unknowns for me at this point since I'm new to this... and I'm hoping that by reading here and heeding advice, that I can avoid the mistakes that have been made by other people...

In California they sign this puppy ...It is understood and agreed that this agreement applies to all known and unknown claim of loss and we, (husband/wife) waive all right or benefit that we may have or in the future may accrued under Section 1542 of the Civil Code of the State of California, which section reads as follows: General Release: Claims extinguished.

Per agent original loan in 2008 for $196K, current job status of owner unknown.

Repairs to the property etc. are easy to manage and project into the future.The huge unknown is landlord paid utility.

Perhaps he would forgo the SD instead of future unknown amount of rent.

As a result, when the point of purchase arrived, there were no unknown or unsatisfied contingencies to the purchase contract.

But lots of unknowns in the future with healthcare, kids, how expenses really change without a 9-5.On track to hit $1MM net worth, that is the current most compelling goal.As far as number of units, I'd like to think that our portfolio will be completely different in 15-20 years, with fewer higher quality units, so hard to speculate on that.