Sometimes I feel like I'm at a disadvantage only having a BA being an agent in my market place.  

What are the disadvantages of using one?

now I'm happy some people involve in this topic, I don't know anything about real estate in USA, a little far for me, I haven't visited it also, difficult to get a visa, also not cheap for me to visit this country, so I put my point in southeast countries, after visiting these countries, I compared with Chinese real estate, now in china, esp some big cities such as Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou , Shenzhen etc, very expensive to invest, so when I found the market in southeast countries cheaper than in china, thats why, I began to invest one in Bangkok in 2014, after I got my condo in 2015, I bought the furniture package, I rent it out every year, I found a good profit, about 6 percent returns, another one in Pattaya for holidays, still not finished, anyway compared Thailand and Philippines, all have advantages and disadvantages, just depend on u, now the price in Bangkok is a little high, if only investing, I think Manila is better than bangkok, more return in rental!

Perhaps my idea to cast a wider net with one property would become a disadvantage, there could be advantages too.

Which means it already puts you at a disadvantage for buying more than their Max number allowed. 

What are the disadvantages of structuring the note with a 1-year balloon with a rollover option?

Its hard to tell by the scale, but the sum of life insurance cash value and real estate starts off at a disadvantage due to the charges in a life insurance policy.

We have already purchased a hot tub and are expecting delivery of it in August.Since we're not on the lake we're already at a disadvantage so I was hoping the community could provide some of the biggest draws to help boost rentals.

I heard that not used line of credit still can work to my disadvantage (i.e. 100k LOC where only $20k is used still shows $100k). 

I think there are certain disadvantages without the LLC and you point a big one.