While the stock market is on the roller coaster, getting people to invest in real estate right now is just as challenging or even harder for passive investors to invest in real estate.

@Ximei Yue,You mention that your job is demanding—do you think you’ll have the capacity to handle a time-intensive BRRRR project on top of that?

If it is very rural having contractors and completing on time and accurate numbers can be challenging.

@Elliot B.I doubt a energy meter based on airflow, heat - etc - of any variety - would hold up if challenged in a court of law - 

Not too shabby for a property we handled in just over a month.

For me the answer was, it's more work than I want to handle with little children and I'm not outperforming S&P 500 well enough to be worth the effort.Side point, if you are going for cash flow, you are eventually move to paid off properties so you are managing 20-30 not the 130 other people are quoting you. 

Consider how your property would do as a LTR and underwrite those numbers (worst, middle and best case).I am very happy with my investment but it has been a lot of work and many challenges managing it from California.

Quote from @Raymond Whitley: Not sure if Goosehead is in your area, but a broker like someone at this company can really help you in challenge times for insurance like this current market with so many carriers dropping out completely or raising rates on everyone. 

Real Estate should not be depreciated.Depreciation is one of the most beloved tools in real estate investing, but let’s take a moment to challenge the norm: Should real estate even qualify for depreciation?

There are DTI and underwriting challenges of course, but do the best you can in keeping loans in only ONE person's name.