If you can't keep control of your personal finances, you are highly unlikely to succeed in real estate investing.

Because I also own and buy actively, I also have the proven vendors that further save my clients money from insurance, landscaping, pest control, pool care, and handymen/hvac/plumbing/electrical.With all that in mind, there's a few different categories of property you can buy that maximize their returns. 

the funds are low control AND low liquidity. 

This approach allowed us to maintain full control over the process, from acquisition to resale.

Their late fees, penalties etc. could run out of control and then any equity you thought you had will be gone once they finally come around to foreclose. 

My comfortable price range would be between $500k-$1M.I know that under $1M, you probably won't find something new, climate-controlled, or in great condition, but is it true that there's almost nothing worth looking at in this $500k-$1M range?

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Too many arcane rent control regulations to trip you up.

Over the last four years we have been raising rents which has been fine but about two years ago inflation got out of control.

Rent control can be a real deal killer - most listing agents love to use the pro forma rents (market rents) even when their true rents are 50% of market.