Challenges?

The other options you are playing with fire as using a HELOC that is paying interest is essentially buying with 100% financing.Having no skin in the game has always been a high risk strategy and people were able to get away with it the past few years due to the money supply and inflation but I would not use that as the measuring stick.

Quote from @Jonathan Greene: This is one of the most challenging things when you are new to real estate investing or BiggerPockets.

It first appraised for $330k which I challenged as I had better comps, but it's rare to win one. 

However when I would do work outs it could be a challenge for private second holders to understand the pickle they were in.All the more reason every investor should obtain qualified legal consultation before investing directly into notes 

Challenges?

I think one of the challenges of the BP MTR forums is that while all real estate is local, it seems that what is working in the MTR space is hyperlocal.

I didn't find any challenge finding quality tenants by posting on FB marketplace, roomster, roomies, basically all of the websites. 

He's a really smart guy when it comes to supply, demand, rent control, and overall investing

At that time and place if you carried a sword you found yourself being challenged to duels.