I thought creating the loan was an easy way to get back the funds, but now I know it's not.Truly appreciate the responses.

Wholesaling, having low barriers to entry, seems easy but setting up and following through has about a 99% failure rate.

Zillow has always been one of those "too good to be true" for me in terms of lead generation because if it were that easy, why are over 90% of agents still failing within 1-2 years of starting?

Could travel the world pretty easy on that.You could put $750k into a $2.5mil apartment complex and again, go travel the world, or be a bum, or just keep working, pay your 4K rent in SF and get rich faster. 

Very easy, @Anne Dahl.

When your margins are so thin, it's easy to become the slumlord who doesn't want to do anything because you don't have the extra capital to do anything.

May be an easy answer, but I’m not sure.

I've seen side-bar conversations taking place on posts when a new investor is asking a question about how to get started in something, where more experienced people feel the need to say things like "I love how everyone thinks wholesaling is so easy, it took me years to figure it out" or "Flips are a lot harder than they look, I don't know why people think they can just jump in" and blah blah blah.Seriously?

Going to a wedding, original plans fell through.

I'm brand new to real estate, because I was always told how difficult it is to buy a house, let alone invest in a property, but now I have learned that is all simply not true (I do know it is not easy, per se, but it is attainable with some hard work and diligence!)