I think the most difficult part will be finding a bank to back me.  

Hi Joshua, glad to answer your questions,Congratulations on your entry into outside equity, I wish you luck with it.Yes, the deals are more scarce and  it is more difficult to identify opportunities as the obvious and easier deals are quickly identified and funded.  

It's a difficult subject to understand, so I thought I'd try to do a write-up and see how far I get.

I am definitely the analytical type and it's difficult for me to establish an emotional connection.

Obviously a difficult area to break into because demand is outrunning supply causing prices to go up not down.

Filling vacancies and improving the rent rolls may be difficult.

All of the REIAs are great for early stage investors, but value becomes more difficult after that stage and learning to create value and a network beyond that is tough.  

Another thing to consider is that it may be difficult to find a lender willing to write a $30-40k mortgage.

I realize how difficult this would be, but developing house flipping into a seamless process would be extremely advantageous. 

It was in the heat of the moment but this unit was difficult to rent last time and I would like to postpone a turnover as long as possible.