I’ve been eyeing a few off-market deals that would allow me to pull out a good amount of equity after rehab, but then the monthly mortgage payment is the same as market rent.

The catch is that if the buyer fails to make payments, then the property automatically goes back to the seller. 

There are different ways of hiding your properties in trusts and whatnot to make it harder to get sued, but that is something you should think about when wanting to pay off the properties in full rather than just buying more properties while using leverage.So to protect yourself using more debt and trusts (insurance can also help mitigate that risk) is a lot more work to keep an eye on everything.

Do an inspection every 1-2 weeks to keep an eye on things.

We have property managers and don't run the small business, so my workload is minimal.Of course I keep an eye on the market, but finding anything for a guy like me would be way too much work. 

While they look great, in reality, dust & dirt settles into every crack and crevice, so its right in front of your eye.

Even a good manager needs to be overseen, met with in person, and I like to put eyes on my rentals fairly regularly, since it is my money on the line. 

I don't know that I'm necessarily the right person to listen to (it's in the eye of the beholder) but I'm just commenting of subjects I know, I try to give comprehensive unbiased answers whenever possible and I'm trying yo help.

The challenges we run into is trusting the realtor and the realtor's inspector to fully disclose all the problems with the property...to basically be our eyes and ears.

While the first half of 2023 was slow, in the second half of the year, the sales volume gained enough momentum to catch up on the loss by increasing by 25%.