Get a professional tenant and you could be in for death by a thousand cuts. 2) Not knowing your numbers - If you buy with the wrong numbers you can get in trouble quick. if you just assume that you buy for X rent for Y and pay Z in mortgage, insurance and taxes you will be in for a big suprise when things start breaking etc. turning your good investment into a money trap3) Related to number 2 and a fairly common one if you spend all your profits and don't reserve when suprises hit you will not have enough money to cover it4) Not keeping up the property - No one wants to live in a dump, a slum lord attracts slum lord tenants and this can eventually catch up to you5) Speculating  - This could go very well or very bad.

Hi all and thanks for responding@Chris TanYour suggestions about finding someone in Israel are great, and that is on of my missionsActually I just came back from a friend of mine - American, and he gave me some phone numbers and other contact information of people here that invest in the US, and people in the US that invest in real estate, so it is a good startUntil now I was actually gave up on this idea, and start looking for investment here in my country, although it is expensive (and yes..our low priced areas more expensive than bigger houses in the US) for two reasons:1.

I am happy to discuss it with you over the phone.

Hi there,My name is Jeremy, I am 41 and new to real estate investing.My wife and I are entrepreneurs and at this point one of us could easily free up enough time to become a real estate professional and take on our goal of building a large portfolio - for the purpose of long term investing but also the tax benefits (for now) associated with depreciation.We have very little experience.

Made up claims and accusations, that upon professional inspection turned out to be baseless. 

I sent him a bill two weeks ago with no response to phone calls or emails.  

Assume high quality product engineered hardwood (but not necessarily the highest), and professional installation.

Have a professional re-glaze the tub and wall tile, replace toilet, sink and cabinet.

first time I've heard that, good news for you though, only a few phone calls away. commercial lenders generally prefer to lend to your LLC name

He has left and we have had it professionally cleaned, replaced carpeting and painted walls and it's better but still smells stale.