Finding a good tenant is a real hurdle in Baltimore, as far as I can see.The competition is pretty strong here, as well, as many investors are looking for the same thing.Shoshana Shulman

We loved speaking and working with a number of Canadian investors and today just deal with them as they come to our company.As for the biggest hurdles - I would say they are legal, tax and entity structure.  

However, be careful with seller financing deals, there are a lot of legal and financial hurdles you have to overcome.

One of my hurdles I'm trying to get over is approaching a distressed seller for the first time face to face.

I have made several deals work out because I had my licence.1. you can pull your own comps.2. you can get referral on listings.3. you open the door to start doing shorsales if you are doorknocking foreclosures.The way I look at it both of those prices are in the shortest of supply in the city if she is wanting retail and won't accept an owner finance you can still get a 3% commission on the sales price.If the houses need repair but she is being a little unreasonable in her asking prices then this was the deals are still under your control.If you have any questions feel free to reach out.

You don't have to assume she is an unreasonable person.

The HOA factor makes it interesting, if they are taking an unreasonable amount of time to approve the app, she may have a case for getting her deposit back.

That is a low hurdle that HAS TO BE THERE.

She was pre-approved for less than this house will sell for.First, is 60 days unreasonable or is it actually pretty generous?

If client sounds like a noob and/or is unreasonable, I will also refuse to work with them.