@James Wise hit the nail on the head for all the reasons I have experienced as well.

I'm trying to take the approach of avoiding a "can't do" and more a "how to do it".As a starter, I have gotten some education in real estate investment a couple of years ago but wasn't able to nail a deal then.Here is my situation:Me and my family live in a house we bought in 2010 in Miami, FL.

@Cynthiana Hartley Wayne hit the nail right on the head.  

I climbed up into the roof while it was raining ans sure enough i had a few leaks from protruding nails.

Just have a lot of hard work to put in before I can nail down my exact strategy.On a side not I would love to be able to "house hack" a multifamily property for my first property!

Glenn, do you have financing nailed down?

Speaks volumes about you.If you consider speaking the truth a "hard sell", you've obviously never seen one.You should probably polish up your language skills, also.

If you are losing money every month, that really puts the nail in the risk coffin.

About 350 miles away I found a store that had a lot of them, so I got online and ordered 50 squares plus roof wrap, ice gard, plastic cap nails, roofing nails, etc. 

I am only saying be very careful and nail down your timeline, cost of money, utilities, and all holding costs as well as your exit price and the cost to get it to its highest market value.