Learn the business (and by that I do not mean assist  diligence on another GP's deal for free and get awarded "CO-GP status" to run with).

For both the applicant(s) and a co-signer, you want to understand their habits...financial, employment, legal, character, etc., as Bad habits in one area typically carry over to other areas, and will land you a poor Tenant (or co-signer) choice.

I haven't worked with anyone since we prefer co-hosting but know oodles and oodles of hosts that do it.

SOS......I closed on my investment property last Thursday, lawyer, title co, realtors paid and keys handed over to buyer but the wire from the bank ( the title company uses) keeps getting rejected by my investment company.  

I have worked with many experienced investors from Southern California, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Tucson, Denver, and other large metro areas in the southwest and west coast, with seasoned investors that still live in all of those great cities but have shifted most of their real estate investments out of those higher cost or higher risk markets into ours. 1) Compared to most cities in the SW and West, home prices in the Albuquerque metro are relatively affordable.

Your property listing can also be a great way to lay out qualifying criteria (i.e credit score minimum, and require a co-signer if lower).After conducting due diligence into a particular tenants situation, and you decided to proceed with an application approval, you could require a higher security deposit. 

I am currently ending the co-ownership because my dad seriously screwed me over & I have no idea if it'll end with me getting half the fair market value now or waiting until my parents die before I assume it. 

House hacking involves partnering with a partner or co-investor to manage property, while real estate syndications involve pooling $35,000 with other investors to buy larger properties.

I mean let's be real, about 80% of the complaints investors on BP have about their property manager, contractor, turnkey co, Realtor etc.... are just nonsense.

there is  a reason this paper trades as such a low value.at least when you invest say with a HML right there in Denver your assets your loaning against are rock solid.. not some defunct little house in some little OHIO town that died 30 years ago and is never coming back..