The thing about RE that I like is my ability to control the individual deal.

Staging and presentation are key to creating an emotional connection and maximizing your sale price.5: Learn from your mistakes ✏️Mistakes are part of the flipping journey, but each one is a learning opportunity.

As both an investor and realtor, I am now officially emotionally invested in the outcome!

Being a KC guy I help a lot of Californai people invest here in multifamily and they come here for cash flow, landlord friendly laws, tenant laws, no rent control, lower property taxes, protection from style of governing.Hope that helps! 

You lack control over the investment, regardless if the fitness center has windows or not.

Success usually is a combination in varying amounts of hard work, good decisions, and a some luck.When arbitrage comes up on here, as it often does, I am usually "gloom and doom" playing devils advocate because the OP is usually on an emotional high from watching a YouTube video about making 6 figures overnight doing arbitrage.I started my business in 2016 with a high end arbitrage, then began acquiring my own, and lastly into management. 

Yes I do.I have a solo 401k Roth - no custodian requiredI have a self directed IRA with checkbook control - also a ROTH. 

But your tenants should ultimately know that you control their ability to remain in that unit, so if they become too difficult -  you just let them know at the end of their lease you will not be offering a renewal if things don't improve - whatever the issues may be.  

Having been a PM in commercial construction for 15 years they do not control the acquisition cost or disposition cost.

If you do it right, the returns are better and you have control, meaning you can refi, sell or hold in the time frame you choose.