Is it a place that will give you exposure to the patients you want?

There are risks associated with blankets, specifically exposure of all assets in the blanket, and necessity to release property in event you want to sell which could lead to unfavorable reappraisals...Having said this, your question is a risk/reward and strategy question.  

So many investors are told to get more exposure, write a Real Estate Blog.  

That way, you get the most exposure to real estate deals and transactions and you might find that property management is or is not your thing.

You're increasing your exposure to the real estate market by using a HELOC to finance an RE investment (beyond the exposure you have if you just have your primary residence + an RE investment) - if you're stable enough to add the risk, that's fine, but if a huge portion of your investable assets are exposed to the real estate market then that could be a massive issue in the case of a market downturn.

You mentioned Prosper and LendingClub, and while it's quite fair to say they're riskier than REI, if you still want some exposure I'd suggest taking a look at LendingRobot. 

I am able to get my own leads as I was in sales before and also i am a bit of a Tech geek so iv set myself up for targeted exposure with platforms to help manage volume.  

You have $20,000 sitting in your bank account and you have the following two choices:You can put the $20,000 into a Roth 401K, invested in a vanilla mix of stocks and bonds (which of course includes underlying real estate sector exposure).

We try to reduce our investors exposure if we can (if the market doesn't implode then our plan is to reduce the investors risk by 50% within 2 years!).

Hi.So i firmly belive that the global financial markets are teetering on the edge right now.What im interested in your ideas are how that would affect someone like me and what steps to take to limit that exposure to risk.Im looking at buying a simple rental in New Zealand with a mortgage from a NZ bank, and some funding from my parents who i will need to pay back eventually, perhaps around 10 years or so roughly.