Whether you buy it is determined by whether it is a good investment.House prices will range depending on what people are looking for. 

Once in the Embassy it took less than 30 minutes, but the notarizing officer had to ask for 2 witnesses from the people waiting for service there in the lobby.Also, it cost $150 for the Attorney fees in the US to draw up the POA papers.  

@Brandon Martinez - To reiterate a lot of people's points, I am still finding cash flowing properties in Western Mass.

Columbus has seen impressive growth in appreciation and job opportunities, with around 80 people moving there every week.

If managed by the owner currently and you plan to hire people add in a 30% loss of revenue.  

3.Charing multiple fees in every parts of the game, including deal sourcing and other stuff - (I assume they might also be able to get kickbacks from each deal or rehab construction), after all these fees been charged, investors can hardly make profit.4.They are manipulating reviews and comments, if you say anything bad they will kick you out of their chat group and they will ask people to do "Great" Review to boost their reputation online or on their website5.There are many other things they do is unethicalAfter I doing few deals, I already loss some money and still have some projects stuck in my hand!

Do you want to get your hands dirty?

Both Prosper and Lending Club offer loans big enough to cover your 50% down payment.Something I would never recommend to most people, but as a last resort -- if you absolutely knew you COULD pay it off any time you wanted, you could put the down payment or at least a big chunk of it on a credit card and float it between 0% balance transfer offers until you get it paid off.

So, while most people think the risk to S8 is the tenant being harder on your home, that's only part of it.

NOTE; This is skewed as I don’t look at any notes that won’t yield at least 12% at offered pricing, I don’t look at any residential notes, only commercial, and no notes under $500,000 principal balance, so most notes are eliminated before hand.