No physical maintenance or repairs.

Short post.But yes, this is the risks of physical real estate investing.

If you can keep the amount of physical possessions you own to a smaller amount it will make the frequent moves easier.

It has proven to be more difficult to set up than expected mainly because of having to use a third party company for a physical business address1.

In every single physical asset investment I made, the one's that did not cash flow by the end of year 1 or even 2, or 3--were the best winners.

I'm capped on time and physical ability to do everything myself though. 

This request adds a great attraction for your STR but could potentially put your property in a flood plane depending on how close you are to that specific body of water.

Have you physically seen the property?

You should carefully review the terms of the loan, before you agree on proceeding with the loan process. ...Here is the TERMS AND CONDITION review and get back to me immediately.{1} The applicant will start the repayment of loan at the end of every month starting from 6 months after loan has been transferred, the loan is charged at 3% interest rate.{2} Failure to pay back the loan at this expected date/period, legal actions will be taken against the applicant by our attorney immediately. {3} Applicant who is unable to meet with the repayment will be given 2 weeks more as a grace period before legal actions will be taken. {4} Note: As soon as you in agreement with the terms and condition below your loan will be approved by the governmental body so as the loan papers can be processed. {5} Note: The borrower will be responsible for the loan processing/documentation fee and this is the only fee expected to pay for this transaction to have your loan transferred to you as soon as possible, NOTE: This payment will not be deducted or added to the loan IT IS PAID UPFRONT $1075.00. * Your inability to pay or agree to the payment of the upfront fee, means you are incompetent of repaying the loan.

(We also invited him to visit our office so we could show him the physical collateral files and show him the online portals for our note servicer, bank accounts, note management systems, but he declined.