It seems like financing is the biggest barrier to getting started for a lot of people I listen to, so when an answer appears to be right there in black and white, we want to believe it and follow that course. 

Sam Zell has one of the biggest and most successful ones.

The biggest challenge is some data is just not free or hard to get or half the time you will be fixing bad data or in some circumstances a local county doesn't even have data online.  

My biggest expense is day care for my new son.I've been doing some research on land contracts as an option if I can't find options with banks. 

There are several benefits, but we're already realizing that one of the biggest will be not having to wait around or schedule appts on someone else's time.

Also, one of the biggest thing to check is the buyer and their creditworthiness, as well as digging to see if the valuation of the property is what they say it is.

Unlike an asphalt roof, slate roofing systems can be taken apart, repaired, and put back together using any original, undamaged materials.The biggest issue with slate these days is finding a slater.

Junior liens would of course be the biggest issue for a DIL.

That being said if you and your husband think you would LIKE living there then that is probably the biggest thing for a rental you will live in.  

It seems the biggest advantage to crowdfunding is to investors wanting to get in on higher priced deals with lower entry point.