Who you partner with makes a difference in a lender's risk, someone a step out of bankruptcy or bad credit can mean law suits, exposure to other creditors or partners, weak partners can go belly up in a project, a good partner should be able to carry as much water as you do.When say 2 partners have mortgaged a property held in the business entity and later take in other partners, the lender can go by the terms of the note and security agreement and call the loan in really bad transactions or simply not renew the loan later on, so it does matter who you deal with. 

If you have a lot of assets, I would recommend using an LLC to limit your exposure.

So, what/where are the comps you are referring to.As Wayne said, if it's on the MLS, it's getting exposure.

That's a little better than some high-yield savings instruments, but not by much and with significant risk exposure.

The first pillar is a good insurance policy as that cover the majority of your exposure.

It takes time, hard work, and exposure. 

You could rent privately but your exposure to the market was less. 

If you are just starting out and don't have much personal exposure it isn't such a big issue.

The seller had to close by a certain date in order to avoid exorbitant interest exposure that matured shortly after the intended closing date.

I'm about 70/30 with my real estate vs. stock portfolio, because I like having exposure to other markets.