And therefore competition among tenants can create significant challenges, like...Businesses may struggle to establish a unique presence and loyal customer base, and a lack of profitability due to nearby competition will likely lead to higher tenant turnover.

I don't blame them if that is true. 

However, I'm facing a challenge: closing deals.

Quote from @Joseph Waitkevich: Quote from @Brian Walters: That's not entirely true. 

The challenge with using a paid option is expecting one person to have all the knowledge you need to succeed unless that person is giving you access to their board. 

Your true asset hunters are in the basement, the yard, the whole property looking for ways to upgrade the asset that others are missing.You are being very smart about your VA utilization, you just want to make sure the asset is right.

That is not true, if you start too early and lack experience and then have a deal go bad, it can set you back 5 to 10 years.

Challenges?

@Bijan SabbaghiYou don’t that’s the challenge - we pull data from several places as a note holder and for example and currently we see less than 20% actually going to foreclosure as most are ending in bankruptcy right now due to borrowers equityThe ones that are under water are typically going back to the bank.Best bet is to find properties where deceased or maybe divorced to get higher chance of actually going to foreclosure

I took on the challenge and repaired them both myself.Many people have told me that real estate isn’t worth the hassle, especially when starting out.