Why are people so careful and scared when it comes to investing in real estate, but when it comes to the stock market, they're way more laid back and trusting?

I honestly belief that investors should stop looking for specic catagoeries/situations of people to find houses to buy, and instead focus on motivation (regardless is their house is vacant, tax liened, foreclosure etc. etc.)Do you really care that you get a vacant house deal, or do you care that you find a high profit deal regardless whether it is a vacant house or not?

Obviously you need to be careful to not overleverage, but getting this done right and right now will ensure you have a saleable asset to pay off those debts when you need to. 

These higher rates need to stick around for longer, for the health of the market and the overall economy.

So my CoC in the first year usually ends up in the 8-15% range - I personally haven't had the time, come across the right deals etc to see a 20-30% return, especially after taking care of the usual deferred maintenance.

I wouldn't even care what their explanation was because I wouldn't trust them at this point.

Most Jumbo lenders use IRS returns net number so be careful filing your 2023 tax return in not making the expenses total greater than 25% of income which will generally be the hit on gross rents. 

Giovanni, I do it very similar to Scott, although all mine are posted as cash offers, although I have a very close relationship with my HML, and he always takes care of my proof of funds, and I honestly have never had an issue with this or ever been questioned, and I have done purchases from all sorts of sources including Fannie.

Thanks for the tip Brian!

Good tips but what if I get the lock and these morons put their crap in FRONT of my dumpster???