So, generally, they'll talk to you with rose-tinted glasses and have you drink the cool aid.It doesn't mean you can't find a deal though.

Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies who spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.

Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies who spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.

Some people make 4x the rent but squander their income on eating out, drinking, car payments, etc.

In my experience those that go alone often times don't end up closing any deals because it's information overload and they're drinking out of a fire hydrant and don't have any guidance to tell them what to focus on.

I've been caught in my PJs, chasing my kids around in the front yard, drinking with a neighbor, etc.  

Some properties there's just a Brita water pitcher the cleaners fill, others it could be bottled water cold in the fridge, and others would provide nothing because in all reality guests bring the drinks they want.

Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies who spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.

There was a glut in wineries not long back when The Australian dollar was high and people who once couldn't get enough of Australian wine suddenly turned back to relatively cheaper and more fancy sounding French and Italian plonk, combined with the change in regulation in the Chinese wine market that killed it as a business drink.

Save...it takes a lot more money than most new investors believe (don't drink the Kool-aid that you can get in cheap) and residing outside the US will be seen as a substantial risk to most lenders which will limit your financing options.