Some here have mentioned that our education system should do a better job of teaching finances and that's true, but these credit companies know that people are weak in this area and they take advantage of them all the time.

It is good that you acknowledge that you can have a weakness, and the first thing to do is make sure that you absolutely do not let yourself down.

I'm biased but I believe the 'core' and transferable skills for RE investing include:Extreme problem solving, building, and project management skillstime management skillsManaging people skills, sometimes people that are extremely rough around the edgesYes, the high level finance intuition to help make decisions however I believe it to be extremely important to not get lost in too many detailsIf any of the first 3 you feel you are weak on, I'd think you'd want to shore those up quickly. 

I think my pitch is very weak, like when you approach them on the phone, how do you open the conversation?  

when I did the bulk of this business from 02 to 08  I was funding about 400 of them a year in 7 different markets we could do it because I had my vendors all in place.were I am seeing the real weak part of BRRR as its being talked about today.. is that before I even did my HML to put the LA investor into title I had them fully approved for the take out and a ARV appraisal in HAND before we even bought the property this is how a True BRRR team works.. then once I funded the deal controlled the rehab taking all that risk away from the out of state investor ( remote rehab super risky as we know for beginners)  all we needed was a 442 final docs went out I got paid off.. buyer got usually 3 to 8k back in refi proceeds.. and that's how it went..fast forward to today. 

There are a number of weaknesses and it's chilling question the original post.

I’d also add that historically, one of my personal weaknesses is being too analytical / diligent.

Alcoholism grabbed hold and I was chronic late stage by 37.   

Some people see those who are "nice," as weak. 

I wouldn't mind a single 4 plex and a few low maintenance condos for diversification but the point of the thread was to show how weak a single family home is or even a few properties when comparing it to the S&P 500.