For example, if you are in a secured position and invest $25k and can get 10% per year at $2500 or you can get 15% unsecured which is $3750, are people willing to risk the extra $1,250 a year where you could lose all of your $25,000 investment compared to being secured where chance of losing it all I would view as astronomically lower?

For an extra 800/m (this is a random number)It usually isnt worth it.The investors who have the best success do the following things:1.

Then you could house hack to make extra money for your next down payment. 

It's really great for learning the fundamentals even if you aren't investing out-of-state, and of course extra relevant if you are. 

I gutted it and added new drywall, new light fixtures, new bathrooms, new paint, new kitchen, new furniture and new flooring and new windows.

The property is being modernized with brand new floros, kitchens and bathroom, windows are being added.

.: You might be able to raise extra capital to support this project by listing the property for fractional ownership on lofty.ai.

Sales prices and mortgage rates make it really hard to find good deals today.Wholesaling sounds good, but you could make better money working extra shifts as a nurse.You could look for run-down properties as buy-and-holds.

Address basement concerns by improving the shower usability and adding soundproofing.

Not adding any additional living space, just dividing the two units, putting a kitchen in one of them, and probably not having to add a bathroom to either unit.