Also, I would have probably gone crazy giving up control and leaving my retirement funds to the whims of corporate CEOs that mainly have their own self interests at heart.

If you have a heated pool it is imperative to have a wifi control on the heater that you can monitor and an excellent pool service company.I do disagree with @Chris Watson about the small drop in fiberglass pools.  

At Partner Driven, we encourage our partners to source deals directly from sellers, ensuring better terms and control.

At Partner Driven, we encourage our partners to source deals directly from sellers, ensuring better terms and control.

get more micro. we define a zip code as a market. there are about 7 zip codes in the city of columbus that we work in as well as about 15 in Miami. we look at the average housing unit delivered and try to develop under the median and average home or condo where there is a lot of absorption. that is mostly through smaller Floorplan design, smart floorplan design, etc. new construction and development you also have much more control over the overall development just my 2 cents. if you are just buying existing it's going to have some issues 

Yes, they have rent controlled tenants here in NYC, and our family invested in San Francisco as well, got a 3 family with a "protected tenant", and there's nothing we could do.

It is important that you control your funds and do not let he contractor get out ahead of you or you will be left with a overpriced unfinished rehab to salvage. 

It's never simple, but I cannot control that and I don't want to.

Those are less liquid and less control. 

Which are the best for giving control to the investor to make decisions and - How do I set up an LLC in which my IRA is the beneficiary?