About biggest "drama" I had seen is when there was a pitch for "what about mini-storage", which we discussed for some time, I equipped them with all the realities of it, we developed a few real world potential, really fleshed it out, "board" meet, reviewed, and decision was made of why chase shinny things when on a good proven known path.

Quote from @Daniel Segovia: What has been your biggest win as a private lender this year? 

The biggest drawback I see is that you are not in control, unlike owning your rental property.

They're the ones that have taken the biggest hit. 

Our biggest thing is the deal has to cashflow at a 1.2X DSCR.

As someone just starting to explore syndications, I’m curious: what’s been your biggest challenge in managing diverse investor expectations, and how did you overcome it?

The WaMu collapse was the biggest bank robbery ever, committed by Jamie Dimon & Sheila Bair.

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 devastating factor I would say is tornados. 

This means there's not really an incentive to buy another house to be able to still be established here in Italy, since it's entirely possible she will inherit it later.