I am not so scared of the market that I think I can't beat that with real estate OR stocks. 

Like any city, there is dilapidated housing stock in rough areas that can cost more to upgrade than they are worth. 

Do you have a prediction?

i work full time too, so i can only do one big project at a time, and can only make about 1 offer every 1-2 months.my stock answer to anyone is to invest where they live - and for expensive metros that includes 1-2 hours out. 

One size does not fit all and I wouldn't take much stock in any advice stating that housing assistance tenants are better or worse as a whole. 

Just like bonds & stocks, different properties will have higher & lower risks.

Take stock of your current credit score and accounts.

I just did the math and it was obviously better than stock account retirement.

Now, let me break this down step by step to address your concerns clearly.Let me break this down step by step to address your concerns clearly.Honorable Mention: In the idea, buying income rights is comparable to purchasing dividend-paying stocks.

That is just not realistic in this current market.So in my opinion it's important to expose yourself to a large number of deals, so you can develop an intuitive sense of what's reasonable and what's not (and quickly discard the ones that aren't).And it's true that there is no way to 100% protect from fraud (and not just in passive real estate investments but even in public stocks etc.).