I don't see how they relate to wanting to educate myself or asking for reading recommendations. .I was responding to your comment: "if I get involved in any sub to deals"Education is always great, and subject to is legal as long as it's done legally.Here is how it is set up if you do it wronglySince law is is difficult for some people, let me be more clearThere are various codes that can be violated when buying properties (the definitions are easy to find with a quick search)Equity skimmingEquity strippingForeclosure RescueMortgage FraudShort SellingFalse StatementsWire FraudBank Fraud and so onhere's a sample12 U.S.

I point this out not to denigrate Ray, but to illustrate how so often it's very difficult to predict the future of real estate.

Its a great area for rentals and investing but difficult to find good deals.

Getting someone to leave the house in Florida while in foreclosure is difficult. 

Doing this in person is difficult your first time.

One question that always comes up is: "how difficult or easy is it to place properties into and out of the portfolio".Mike

It's not difficult to do exclusion work... learn how and do it yourself.

Airbnb has AirCover--- which any forum will tell is difficult to work with and hit or miss.

Just so i can do the preliminary analysis on the propertySecond: I'm finding it difficult to get a clear price estimate of the CapEx's that might be needed.

I’m curious if the process in NYC is similarly structured, where it’s difficult but feasible to follow through, or if there are unique barriers that make it much harder or even impractical.If anyone has insights or could answer a few questions, I’d really appreciate it!