You might try talking to neighbors and see if it is common for the area, what they did to alleviate it and is it working long term.

knowing what cycle you came from, in, and going to be in can help alleviate some of the risk...

This will help alleviate the swings from 1 rental property and give your mom a bit more reliable income.

Obviously they have a bad tenant mess, motivating them to sell, I would focus my sales pitch on this, and how selling to me CFD would alleviate their headaches, and make them my problem.

Disclosure requirements under recent Federal laws are so burdensome that I am intimidated by them, are you under the impression that crowd funding somehow alleviates the need for said disclosures?

It requires more work than having a house rented to the family in the suburbs but a lot of the section 8 problems can be alleviated with proper screening.

At this point in my life I pay heft taxes annually and was lead to believe depreciation in real estate could help me alleviate a lot of my tax burdens.

I know I could possibly get approved for conventional lending I just thought I could alleviate some of the down payment portion through this type of financing.

Once you get your first investment under your belt your fear will alleviate somewhat (although it will always be there--perhaps it's better to look at it as caution which you should have)!

A good inspector will help alleviate any concerns you may have with regard to the subject property.