She has no family and is in and out of the hospital frequently.

I've found that tenants that don't intend on paying rent frequently butter you up, and try to get friendly with you, OR...they start talking about capital improvements to the place...It's a tactic to make you think they care about you or the property, so that you are less inclined to start an eviction against them. 

We deal with flaky buyers frequently, and I'd rather find out early in the process than days before closing. 

Post frequently, and do not create social media accounts you do not intend to use.

Sellers were highly motivated and had frequent and long time delays in providing documents. 

The areas that I see this occur most frequently will be Broad Ripple, Woodruff Place, and the near/old Northside of Indianapolis.

To my great dismay, I discovered that if you do this too frequently, you'll be classified as a dealer.

Boom and busts rarely occur as these markets keep chugging along and you also have "Hybrid" markets as the name implies, these markets exhibit a combination of linear and cyclical characteristics.

Owning income real estate directly is one of the many ways of owning income real estate and the way most frequently discussed on BiggerPockets because it involves the most hands-on activity (and when done correctly, probably yields the highest return of all the different ways of doing real estate).

Here is a post that answers frequently asked questions regarding self-directed 401k plans: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/9552/82969-the-self-directed-401k-faqs