The ADU hurdles are jurisdiction specific.  

Hey @David Griffin - this is literally the biggest issue landlords worry about when taking on section 8 tenants. 

What was your biggest take away on this project?

@shay The biggest question  - can the property cashflow after paying for the costs of holding the property?

The biggest thing to consider is 85% of all people who take out a Heloc will eventually do a cash out refinance in 3 years to consolidate it anyways.

For the most part its just health and safety items, which are items we should have remedied anyways.As someone else mentioned, biggest thing to avoid is having the house tagged as vacant which the city will do if it sits empty for too long (handful of months, grass not cut, etc).

I came across crowdfunding as a opinion and seen that GoFundMe is one of the biggest crowdfunding platforms. is this a good way  to raise the starting capital for my first rental property , if not what did you guys do for starting capital ?

The biggest Brokerages in Waco seem to be Kelly and Magnolia. 

I’d love to hear about your journey.What’s been your biggest challenge in getting your first deal?

When you look at the majority of those being BLASTED right now here on BP lets look at them and Scott brings up great points:The two biggest ones are: Full-Time Focus & Concentrated investment thesis and focus:Lets break them down:Full Time Focus: Is the sponsor working toward resolving the issues with the fund or are they out there raising money for their next fund and traveling the "GURU" circuit.