It sounds like the biggest fear is getting funding and getting started without making a big mistake.

The biggest thing to me is buying in quality areas that will increase in value over time.

Paying off the mortgages negates one of the biggest benefits of investing in real estate, leverage.

If not I will consistently update here to create the biggest outreach I can considering my age!!! 

Two of the biggest players in this space just folded.

Appreciation on the other hand is the biggest piece of the real estate pie.

Building equity in your house is one of the biggest financial advantages of homeownership.

Someone's home is one of the BIGGEST and MOST IMPORTANT things in their life!

The guy who claims he is the country's biggest wholesaler and has a "community" says in his video from yesterday Dec 31 (search #251 Wholesale Hotline | LIVE Real Estate Investing Q&A if interested in his "technique"  start at 0:39:00 that the most recent transaction he did Was bailing out a guy in foreclosureGuru "bought" the house for $375,000 from the guy in foreclosureSold it back to them for $498,000 with a 6 month buy back option periodSeller had to give him $20,000 for the optionSo, guru will make about $148,000 on the transaction "Never been to the house, never had to lift a finger""No renovation, the guy is still in the house"Is this the kind of thing the new Oregon law is intended to address? 

The biggest factor is thoroughly review their credit score report especially on time payment record and score.