Here's my top 3 rankings.1) The investor is not accredited and hence does not qualify.2) The second thing is lack of liquidity or timing.3) Diversification - they may be over concentrated in an asset class or geography or both.Ironically, its rarely that they don't like the market, deal or sponsor.   

I am a part-time MBA student considering a Real Estate Evaluation and Analysis concentration and was looking for some pointers/advice.

Striving to be an Architect//Developer//InvestorI am considering applying for grad school in the concentration of real estate development.

down on three, or pay buy a 70K property for cash and use the remaining 15K as a down payment etc etc.You can use this strategy to begin to concentrate equity to make access in refis easier.  

My opinion...concentrate on getting your deals.

The area I am concentrating for my first deal is in San Bernardino and Riverside.

You are all over the map and need to concentrate on maximising your income and your savings to move forward with investing.

Concentrate on paying off all bad debt first before saving to invest.

Diversification is for passive investments and concentration is more appropriate for active investments.

For now I am concentrating on wholesaling.