Surround yourself with people who are strong in areas where you are weak.

My weakness is reading and retention of that knowledge.

While those numbers may seem weak to many who are able/willing to do the rehab/value-add and/or tenant dealings themselves, I do none of that.

Example if someone tells me they have 200k to invest and are accredited looking for commercial retail properties to own directly I would say in that range of 800k to 700k purchase price the asset quality will not be good and location likely weak suburban to rural.Conversely if they take that 200k and invest with a sponsor they might own a smaller slice of a 3, 5 million property etc. that they could not afford to buy on their own in an area of high quality.

Most important advice I'd give to anyone trying to decide on the best path to invest is to be very honest with yourself about your goals, strengths, weaknesses, time & risk tolerance for the investment you are looking to make. 

There seems to be a lot of bad (read: weak, vague, ambiguous) info in this post.You need *way more* specifics to get proper data and information on your investment option(s).Sinkholes are *not* an issue for investors looking to rent their homes out.  

Their business model is small towns, rural towns, weak suburban areas,etc.They look for local to regional businesses that have been there awhile.

The Dept. of Justice says rebates are allowed in Arizona and 39 other states. https://www.justice.gov/atr/competition-and-real-estate-state-7 But the Dept. of Justice website calculation on Realtor Rebate Savings is very weak as you can do a lot better  https://www.justice.gov/atr/consumers-save-thousands-commissions Also, depending on the loan and type of property you're purchasing, Buyer Agent Rebates can:pay for Interest Rate Reduction pay for rental car for buyers while in FLpay for plane tickets to FL to shop pay to eliminate PMI pay to buy out remainder of leasepay towards down paymentpay for the 1st full year of home ins. pay for taxes and ins. escrowspay for a Home Warrantypay for home repairspay off credit card debt, auto loans, etc.pay off collections and judgmentspay for new furniturepay for all new appliancespay for home remodeling and additionspay to have home painted pay for weekly pool maintenance pay for credit repair pay for landscapingpay for monthly lawn carepay for new A/C system...........and pay portion to prior agent for their efforts

But as said, some pump up the numbers to make a weak deal look great.Since they are assigning the contract, essentially the wholesaler is not selling you a property, they are selling you a contract.

You can find entire medieval village for sale: http://vallepiola.comSince the Euro is weak I stopped to search rental property in the US and I am becoming curios about the criteria US people use to evaluate vacation rentals in Italy:- Airport proximity- Transportation- Famous cities (Rome, Florence) proximity- Local people speaking English