I think the site lets more go now, but is still pretty heavy handed and quick to act on pulling down or locking comments a heated debate. 

Every investor has their own path, and hearing different perspectives will only enrich your journey.Challenges in Real Estate Investing:Finding deals: In competitive markets, it can be tough to find good deals that make sense financially.Capital and financing: Finding funding, especially as a new investor, can sometimes be challenging.Dealing with tenants: Managing rental properties and dealing with tenants can be tricky, especially with issues like late rent or property damage.Market risk: Real estate markets fluctuate, and external factors (like economic shifts or local development projects) can impact property values.I’d be happy to continue the conversation if you want to dive deeper into any of these topics!

Heavy cases of clear cut fraud and flat out lying to their investors. 

Your home needs to be in good shape (sounds like it is) and very competitively priced in order to have the few looking choose it instead of another option. 

With some of my other heavy rehab CFO clients, they'd probably expect at least 30% on this type of deal.

wild. 8. if you dont want to close in an LLC, you can still close in your personal name. 9. there are lenders with competitive rates if long term rents are greater than 1.1 of debt on the property (PITIA). however, there are also lenders who will allow you to do 80% cash out refinances with DSCR if DSCR ratio is 1.0. there are lenders that allow you to buy real estate at 20% down EVEN IF DSCR ratio is only 0.8. which means the rents are less than the debt on the property.

I don't have experience renting in California, but if your competition includes it, I'd probably want to consider it too.

While competition hadn't changed dramatically, we noticed some of the competition had pushed up rents on other 3 and 4 BRs in the area.  

Really special layout.The pond luckily was in a heavy clay site. 

Even if you're in a local 50+ league and want to be competitive, a coach is probably over-kill.