Of course it is easier to sit on the sidelines and not take chances......I constantly encourage other agents in my office to invest but they never will! 

I tend to share your views, sometimes the best investment is to not invest.As a rehabber I was on the sidelines much of 2014 because nothing would hit my numbers. 

Getting too wrapped around the axle about finding the ideal first deal is a good way to miss the game because you were too busy sitting on the sidelines wondering when to enter.

I tend to be the crawl before I walk type when it comes to new opps and have been keeping my eyes wide open when it comes to CF investments and reading and learning while sitting on the sidelines.

Sitting on the sidelines won't put money in your pocket.

Based on that, I usually like to watch the chaos from the sidelines and back out of any scenario similar to this and instead, focus my objectives on deals where the downside is also as finite as it can be.

Don't want to sit on the sidelines anymore.

I've done a lot of listening about it on the sidelines and finally decided to make an attempt based on conversations with other investors.

Most of that time was as a sideline to my engineering job.  

I'm sure Dion can load you up with much more than he mentioned as well.To say you "can just" put something in your LLC Operating is peanut gallery talk, marketing side lines.