Financing can be difficult but most are cash buyers or have financing lined up in their country.

Sadly it is very difficult to do that in the DC Suburbs as Russel says.

None of my properties do, and the capital tied up in them continues to perform just fine.That said, it's more difficult to find a property locally where the free cash flow is better than, say, the dividend income thrown off by investing in a Blue Chip dividend mutual fund.If you're looking at small Multifamily properties locally and want a first pass "rule," I suggest using a GRM target of 12-14 as a first screen, assuming you're looking for a property that will throw off free cash flow with a 70% leveraged mortgage.If you want to more than basic long term buy it and hold it, you can do it.  

No fuss, no muss.BPers are so caught up in the super high level complex and difficult stuff, I feel like you guys sometimes forget the basics.

It was tremendously difficult to break the "analysis paralysis" and hope I have the will to see this through.

I am working w/ a couple GCs to find properties that need remodel/renovtion or groud-up construction.So far it has been difficult to get people on the same page.

We're finding it a bit more difficult on #5, which is also our first investment only property and not a primary residence.

For those that do have this knowledge, NPNs can still be difficult to create a windfall for yourself, even with a background of getting these properties to perform.I'm an expert on performing notes and not NPNs, so I'll let someone else lead the discussion on the ins-and-outs of that business model.Thanks!

I'm not expecting appreciation in this area, but rents are steady and it hasn't been difficult to fill  vacancies.  

One thing that was a little difficult about searching for a house hacking property is that we needed to be a little more picky about where the property was located since we were going to live there.