You also need special insurance that understands that you have a commercial tenant within a residential property. 

It can even learn from past deals to help refine the analysis over time.I built this mostly to better understand the components of a good deal.

I know that I will need a good realtor on my team that understands not just the market but the real estate investment industry itself.

I understand the industry is challenging, especially so when the market makes it hard to pencil a profitable deal.3.

Definitely continue seeking advice from experience realtors and understand your rental market, and make sure you understand the risks involved.

When a tenant causes problems, I can remove them six ways from Sunday, typically much faster than the courts could do it.Financial Management & Reporting: It may seem small, but accurate accounting is important and not in the tool box of most investors.Market Knowledge & Rental Rate Optimization: Understanding the market is critical to maximizing returns.

I understand annuities, bonds, bank accounts but bitcoin?

But perhaps you would be better served helping a local experienced investor find deals and ask them to show you exactly how they analyze deals, what's good vs bad, how do they finance (debt vs equity) etc etc and understand their business model that has a proven track record by providing value to them.

Investors should fully understand that Section 8 is not a cure-all for Class C & D tenant challenges, it's just trading one set of problems for another.We see too many investors not doing enough research to fully understand all this and making naïve investing decisions.

This is what unsophisticated investors think who have a surface level of understanding of these deals.