The bureaucracy and regulation investors face is endless and expensive.

What you face is The Bigger Idiot Problem.  

That smily face I inserted didn't translate above. 

EEM deposit on its face is not equitable interest.. 

With that being said, the best way to really find buyers, and I mean buyers who actually buy, is to attend your local meet ups and actually meet real people face to face. I

It seems like cash to make deals happen is one of the biggest obstacles folks face. I

That's a massive raise just by being smart and being able to understand when opportunity is staring you in the face. I

Sometimes prospective tenants are afraid to give feedback face to face. I

Listening to Clayton Morris' podcasts after finding his company Morris Invest on Facebook and having viewed a lot of his videos on YouTube is what motivated me join and look into real estate investing further.That being said, the biggest obstacle I face is not having the cash on hand to do my first deal, and not having any private money connections as of yet.Also, from what I've read of Morris Invest here on BP, there seems to be not enough people with experience dealing with this company, or when I do read of people that have had experiences with Morris Invest, the reviews are mixed at best.Being brand new to all of this however, it seems going the turnkey route seems less complicated in the beginning than trying to reinvent the wheel and do everything myself, but that's just my opinion.Learning to analyze deals and the underlying math involved and understanding the terminology is going to take practice, but is the foundation to a successful REI career.

Lafayette is my hometown, great to see a 'local' face. I